Pritchett v. State

SMITH, Chief Judge.

In November 1994, Charles Pritchett, Jr. and co-defendant James Taylor were convicted by a jury of the offense of possession of cocaine and were sentenced to “twenty five (25) years without parole as fourth felony under recidivist statute.” In separate opinions, only one of which was published, both convictions were affirmed by this court. See Taylor v. State, 230 Ga. App. 749 (498 SE2d 113) (1998); Pritchett v. State, 223 Ga. App. XXIX (1996). In June 2003, Pritchett filed a “Motion to Vacate Void Sentence,” arguing that the trial court failed to exercise its discretion to…