Harper v. State

This is a straightforward case that falls squarely within the parameters of this Court’s recent decision in Chester v. State, 284 Ga. 162 (2) (664 SE2d 220) (2008). Richard James Harper was found guilty of murder in DeKalb County Superior Court in 1982. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. Harper v. State, 251 Ga. 183 (304 SE2d 693) (1983). On May 14, 2008, Harper filed a “Motion to Vacate Void Judgment,” in which he alleged that the judgment of conviction rendered in DeKalb County Superior Court was void because the murder for which he was convicted had actually taken place in Fulton…