Landers v. State

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Appellant Rodney Landers was convicted by a Spalding County jury of malice murder in 1996. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. Landers v. State, 270 Ga. 189 (508 SE2d 637) (1998). Almost ten years later, Landers, acting pro se, filed a “Motion to Vacate a Void Conviction for Lack of Venue,” contending that the trial court had been without jurisdiction because his indictment failed to specify the county in which the murder was committed. The motion was denied, and appellant, still pro se, appeals.

Pretermitting the issue of the procedural appropriateness of…