Ricardo Jermaine Carlyle v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ April 16, 2020 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A20A1427. RICARDO JERMAINE CARLYLE v. THE STATE. In 2009, Ricardo Jermaine Carlyle plead guilty to cocaine possession, and he was sentenced as a recidivist to 30 years with 20 years to serve in prison and 10 years to serve on probation. Years later, Carlyle filed a motion to vacate a void sentence, arguing that two of his prior felony sentences were entered on the same day and should be considered a single conviction for recidivist purposes.1 The trial…