Collins v. State

Benham, Justice.

Appellant Derrick Levert Collins was convicted in 1997 of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and his conviction was affirmed on appeal in Collins v. State, 273 Ga. 30 (538 SE2d 34) (2000). In May 2002, appellant, acting pro se, filed in the superior court in which he was convicted a “Motion to Hold Void Judgments Mere Nullity and to Expunge Such Void and Null Judgments.” In the motion, appellant asked that his convictions and sentences be declared null and void because they “are the results of a federally unconstitutional jury verdict.…