Opinion
S95A1830
DECIDED FEBRUARY 5, 1996
Murder. Newton Superior Court. Before Judge Sorrells.
Steven Ray Smith, pro se.
Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, for appellee.
Steven Ray Smith's convictions for malice murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault were affirmed by this Court in Smith v. State, 258 Ga. 181 ( 366 S.E.2d 763) (1988). The present appeal is from denial of his motion to correct a void sentence.
1. The assertion that the trial court was without authority to impose a sentence of life imprisonment for armed robbery was addressed and decided adversely to Smith's position in our recent decision in Echols v. Thomas, 265 Ga. 474 ( 458 S.E.2d 100) (1995). See also Worley v. State, 265 Ga. 251 ( 454 S.E.2d 100) (1995).
2. Smith's claim that the trial court was required to impose sentence for felony murder rather than for malice murder was rejected by this Court in the direct appeal of his conviction. Smith, supra at (2). That ruling is binding in any subsequent proceedings in the case and will not be considered for a second time.
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.