Kimbrough v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Benny Kimbrough appeals the trial court’s order denying his 2015 motion to vacate as voidhis sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, which was imposed under OCGA § 17-10-7 (b) for a murder he committed in 2004 after being convicted of kidnapping in Florida in 1994. We affirm.

1. On February 24, 2005, a Clayton County grand jury indicted Kimbrough for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the strangling death ofRamatoulieDembain July 2004. On February 1, 2006, the State filed a notice to have Kimbrough sentenced as a recidivist under OCGA §…