State v. Slaughter

BENHAM, Justice.

In 1994, appellee Frederick Slaughter was convicted of numerous felonies, including armed robbery, attempted murder, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, stemming from a 1993 bank robbery in Douglas County. Appellee was sentenced as a recidivist to life in prison and a number of years to serve consecutively, all without parole. Since the prosecutor used appellee’s three prior felony convictions to prove the charge of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon under OCGA § 16-11-131, appellee filed a motion alleging his sentence was void because his prior…