HYDE v. STATE

No. S16A0698.

786 S.E.2d 681 (2016)

299 Ga. 135

HYDE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hopton Hyde , Waycross, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , Dist. Atty., Paige Reese Whitaker , Deputy Dist. Atty., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, for appellee.


Appellant Hopton Hyde appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate an alleged void sentence of life without the possibility of parole. As the State concedes, the trial court erred in denying the motion. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's judgment and remand the case with direction.

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