Melvin Harris v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ July 15, 2016 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A16A1382. MELVIN HARRIS v. THE STATE. In 2005, Melvin Harris was convicted of rape and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. His convictions were affirmed on appeal in Harris v. State,

283 Ga. App. 374

( 641 SE2d 619) (2007). In 2015, Harris filed a “Motion to Vacate Void and Illegal Sentences” alleging, inter alia, that his sentence of life without parole for rape is illegal because he had not been previously convicted of a “serious violent…