Ballard v. State

Boggs, Justice.

Rico Lamar Ballard appeals pro se from the Superior Court of Fulton County's denial of his motion and amended motion in arrest of judgment, which Ballard filed many years after his 1996 murder conviction. We do not reach the merits of Ballard's claims, however, because the trial court lacked jurisdiction and should have dismissed his motion and amended motion. We therefore vacate the judgment and remand with direction for the trial court to do so.

A jury found Ballard guilty of murder and aggravated assault in the September 1995 shooting death of Jason Pitts, and he was…