Legal Opinion
Harper v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 23, 2009No. S09A1019PublishedCited by 682 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Appellant Richard James Harper was convicted of murder in the DeKalb County Superior Court in 1982. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. Harper v. State, 251 Ga. 183 (304 SE2d 693) (1983). In May 2008 Harper filed a motion to vacate void judgment, claiming the DeKalb County trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear his case and its judgment was void. Harper’s motion was denied on the merits and he appealed. We dismiss Harper’s appeal and hold that a motion to vacate a conviction is not an appropriate remedy in a criminal case, thereby overruling Division 2 of Chester v.…
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