Crew v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Crew v. State

578 S.E.2d 312, 259 Ga. App. 771, 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 259

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedFebruary 19, 2003

DocketA03A0204

StatusPublished

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Crew v. State, 578 S.E.2d 312, 259 Ga. App. 771, 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 259 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003).

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Johnson, Presiding Judge.

On July 28, 1997, Varón Mark Crew pled guilty to two counts of child molestation. The trial court sentenced Crew to serve 20 years on Count 1, and 20 years on Count 2 to run concurrent with Count 1. Nearly five years later, on July 2, 2002, Crew filed a motion to modify his sentence, claiming the two counts arose from the same incident and constituted double jeopardy and that the evidence supported the offense of indecent exposure and not child molestation. The trial court dismissed Crew’s motion. Crew appeals, requesting us to vacate the trial court’s order and direct the trial court to conduct an evidentiary hearing on his motion to modify his sentence. Since Crew’s motion to modify his sentence was not timely filed, the trial court had no jurisdiction to consider the motion and properly dismissed the motion.

A trial court’s authority to vacate or modify a judgment ends with the expiration of the term of court in which the judgment was entered.¹ An exception exists when the sentence is one that the law does not allow.² But that is not the situation here, as Crew’s sentence is well within the maximum allowed.³ Dismissal of the motion was required.

Judgment affirmed.

Eldridge and Mikell, JJ, concur. [772]*772Decided February 19, 2003. Varón M. Crew, pro se. Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Charles M. Lane, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

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Johnson, Presiding Judge.

On July 28, 1997, Varón Mark Crew pled guilty to two counts of child molestation. The trial court sentenced Crew to serve 20 years on Count 1, and 20 years on Count 2 to run concurrent with Count 1. Nearly five years later, on July 2, 2002, Crew filed a motion to modify his sentence, claiming the two counts arose from the same incident and constituted double jeopardy and that the evidence supported the offense of indecent exposure and not child molestation. The trial court dismissed Crew’s motion. Crew appeals, requesting us to vacate the trial court’s order and direct the trial court to conduct an evidentiary hearing on his motion to modify his sentence. Since Crew’s motion to modify his sentence was not timely filed, the trial court had no jurisdiction to consider the motion and properly dismissed the motion.

A trial court’s authority to vacate or modify a judgment ends with the expiration of the term of court in which the judgment was entered.¹ An exception exists when the sentence is one that the law does not allow.² But that is not the situation here, as Crew’s sentence is well within the maximum allowed.³ Dismissal of the motion was required.

Judgment affirmed.

Eldridge and Mikell, JJ, concur. [772]*772Decided February 19, 2003. Varón M. Crew, pro se. Peter J. Skandalakis, District Attorney, Charles M. Lane, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

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