Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ September 04, 2019 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A20A0176. CHARLIE LEE SMITH v. THE STATE.

In 2007, Charlie Lee Smith pled guilty to aggravated child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes, and was sentenced to life plus 25 years. In April 2013, the Georgia Supreme Court denied Smith’s application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of habeas corpus relief. See Supreme Court Case No. S13H0379. Smith then filed a “Motion for Justice” in November 2013, in which he asserted that the evidence did not support his guilt, his plea was involuntary, his punishment was excessive, and he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied the motion, and this Court affirmed in an unpublished opinion.

Smith v. State (Case No. A14A2121; decided February 20, 2015).

In May 2019, Smith filed a pro se “Motion for Relief” again asserting that the evidence was insufficient to support his guilt and that his guilty plea was involuntary.

The trial court denied the motion, and Smith filed the instant appeal. We lack jurisdiction.

“It is axiomatic that the same issue cannot be relitigated ad infinitum. The same is true of appeals of the same issue on the same grounds.” (Punctuation omitted.)

Jordan v. State, 253 Ga. App. 510, 511-512 (2) (559 SE2d 528) (2002); see also Echols v. State, 243 Ga. App. 775, 776 (534 SE2d 464) (2000). Thus, our previous ruling rejecting Smith’s claims acts as res judicata, and he is barred from seeking further judicial review on the same issues. See Jordan, 253 Ga. App. at 511-512 (2) (this Court lacked jurisdiction to review a defendant’s merger claim, where the issue was previously decided adversely to him on appeal). Accordingly, this appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 09/04/2019 I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

, Clerk.