Sellars v. Evans

Melton, Justice.

Following a February 1998 jury trial, Gabriel Lee Evans was found guilty of kidnapping with bodily injury, kidnapping, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the beating of Aretha Perkins. Evans’ convictions were upheld on appeal (Evans v. State, 240 Ga. App. 215 (522 SE2d 506) (1999)), and, after filing an unsuccessful habeas petition to challenge his conviction in July 2001, on November 20, 2009, Evans filed a second habeas petition, this time seeking relief based on this Court’s then-controlling decision in Garza v. State,…