Harper v. State

686 S.E.2d 786 (2009)

HARPER

v.

The STATE.

No. S09A1019.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 23, 2009.

Richard J. Harper, pro se.

Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, Dist. Atty., Leonora Grant, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Appellant Richard James Harper was convicted of murder in the DeKalb County Superior Court in 1982. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. Harper v. State, 251 Ga. 183, 304 S.E.2d 693 (1983). In May 2008 Harper filed a motion to vacate void judgment, claiming the DeKalb County trial court lacked jurisdiction to hear his case and its judgment…