Ballard v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the trial court’s denial of Ballard’s post‑conviction motions, holding that the court properly rejected his petition for retroactive first‑offender treatment, dismissed his successive extraordinary motion for new trial, correctly treated his clerical‑error motions as improper vehicles for challenging his conviction, denied his recusal motion, and correctly applied Titelman without requiring a second hearing. The Court found no abuse of discretion in any of the trial court’s actions.