Ball v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Antwann Paquila Ball is serving a sentence of life imprisonment, having been convicted in 2004 of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The judgment of conviction was affirmed on appeal in Brooks v. State, 281 Ga. 14 (635 SE2d 723) (2006). In 2007, appellant filed a motion to vacate a void judgment pursuant to OCGA § 17-9-4, and the trial court dismissed appellant’s motion on the ground that the incarcerated appellant had failed to appear at a hearing on the motion. Appellant filed in this Court a timely application for…