Legal Opinion

Melton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 12, 2001No. A01A1571PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Walter Melton appeals from the trial court’s denial of his “Motion to Correct Illegal Sentence,” in which he challenged his sentence of life imprisonment for a conviction of kidnapping with bodily injury. We discern no error and affirm.

This appeal marks the fourth time that this case has come before us. The facts of this case are set forth in Melton’s first appeal in which we upheld his conviction.1 In his second appeal we remanded the case for resentencing on the issue of kidnapping with bodily injury.2 After a life sentence was imposed on remand, Melton appealed for a third…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Perkins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  2. State v. BoyerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  3. Daniels v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Blalock v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  5. Melton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Benjamin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  2. Dominic Moceri v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  3. Moceri v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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