SHIELDS v. STATE

No. S03A0243.

581 S.E.2d 536 (2003)

276 Ga. 669

SHIELDS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Shields, Valdosta, pro se.

J. Tom Morgan, III, Dist. Atty., Barbara B. Conroy, Rosemary Brewer, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.


FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

William Webster Shields appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate his convictions and sentences based on allegedly improper venue. Because Shields failed to raise this issue in his direct appeal, he is not entitled to a second appeal, and we affirm.

1. Shields, along with several others, was indicted in Fulton County for the 1990 murder of Thomas Kidwell. Prior to Shields's capture in 1994, some of his co-defendants...

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