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Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ August 26, 2026 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A27A0261. ARTHUR BUSSEY v. THE STATE. In 2015, Arthur Bussey pled guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and was sentenced to thirty years, to serve twenty in confinement. Since then, Bussey has filed numerous pro se motions in the trial court seeking to challenge his convictions and sentence, and seven appeals.1 In many of these filings and appeals, Bussey has challenged his convictions and sentence by attacking his indictment. In February 2026, Bussey filed a pro se “Motion to Modify Double Jeopardy Sentence,” once again challenging his convictions and sentence based on the indictment. The trial court denied Bussey’s motion, and he filed this appeal. This appeal, like many of Bussey’s prior appeals, is barred because the issues he raises have been or could have been litigated in his prior appeals. See Jackson v. State, 273 Ga. 1 See Case Nos. A20A1924 (Nov. 12, 2020) (affirming the trial court’s denial of Bussey’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea that was based, in part, on challenges to his indictment), A20A1978 (Aug. 24, 2020) (dismissing appeal from the trial court’s order denying Bussey’s motion challenging the constitutionality of his indictment), A24A0681/A24A0684 (Jan. 18, 2024) (dismissing appeal from the trial court’s order denying Bussey’s motion to set aside a void judgment), A25A0578 (Oct. 28, 2024) (dismissing appeal from the trial court’s order denying Bussey’s extraordinary motion for new trial based on an allegedly defective indictment), A26A0071 (Aug. 11, 2025) (dismissing appeal from the trial court’s order denying Bussey’s “Motion to Dismiss Double Jeopardy Indictment”), A26D0252 (Jan. 9, 2026) (dismissing application for discretionary review of the trial court’s order dismissing Bussey’s motion to vacate his convictions and sentence). 320, 320 (540 SE2d 612) (2001) (a party “is not entitled to another bite at the apple by way of a second appeal”); Ross v. State, 310 Ga. App. 326, 327 (713 SE2d 438) (2011) (dismissal of previous appeal constitutes the binding law of the case, even though the appeals court did not reach the merits of the claim in the prior case); Echols v. State, 243 Ga. App. 775, 776 (534 SE2d 464) (2000) (“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.”). Accordingly, this appeal is hereby DISMISSED. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 08/26/2026 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.