Syms v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Leroy Syms filed this appeal from the Chatham County Superior Court’s denial of his November 1999 motion to vacate an allegedly void sentence. The procedural history of Syms’ underlying convictions can be found in Syms v. State, 240 Ga. App. 440 (523 SE2d 42) (1999). See also Syms v. State, 232 Ga. App. 724 (502 SE2d 741) (1998).

In this appeal, Syms contends that his prison sentence is void for numerous reasons. We agree in part. As an initial matter:

in order for a trial court to have the power to exercise the subject matter jurisdiction to correct [a] judgment outside [a]…