Dexter Lee Williams v. State

Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________
March 11, 2026

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A26A1245. DEXTER LEE WILLIAMS v. THE STATE.

Following a jury trial, Dexter Williams was convicted of two counts of violating
the Georgia Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, OCGA § 16-14-1
et seq. After the trial court denied his motion for a new trial, Williams filed a direct
appeal to this Court, and we affirmed his convictions in an unpublished opinion. See
Williams v. State, Case No. A24A1012 (Oct. 29, 2024).
In 2025, Williams again appealed to this Court and we dismissed that appeal,
concluding that his appeal was an impermissible second attempt to challenge his
conviction. See Williams v. State, Case No. A25A1946 (Jul. 29, 2025).
Williams then filed in the trial court several more motions, seeking relief from
the judgment against him. The trial court denied Williams’s motions and he filed this
direct appeal. The State has filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that this Court lacks
jurisdiction because this appeal represents an impermissible second attempt by
Williams to challenge his conviction. We agree.
Pretermitting issues as to the validity of the motions Williams filed in the court
below, Williams’s current appeal is barred because the issues he seeks to raise could
have been raised in his initial appeal. See State v. Jackson, 295 Ga. 825, 827 (764 SE2d
395) (2014) (a judgment affirming a criminal conviction “is conclusive of all matters
in issue or that might legally have been put in issue”) (citation and punctuation
omitted). See also Jackson v. State, 273 Ga. 320, 320 (540 SE2d 612) (2001) (a party
“is not entitled to another bite at the apple by way of a second appeal”).

Accordingly, the State’s motion is GRANTED and this appeal is hereby
DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
03/11/2026
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.