KLAUB v. Battle

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Ronald Klaub is currently serving a term of imprisonment following his convictions in 2001 for driving with a suspended license and for first degree vehicular homicide with failure to stop and render aid as the predicate offense. OCGA §§ 40-6-393 (a) (1999); 40-6-270 (b) (1999). Following the affirmance of his convictions on appeal, Klaub filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he contended he was being unlawfully detained in light of a substantive change in the applicable law that occurred after the completion of his direct appeal. The habeas court…