Thompson v. Brown

Nahmias, Justice.

In 2004, Willie Brown was convicted in Toombs County of two counts of selling cocaine to an informant, with one sale occurring on November 14, 2002, and the other occurring on December 5, 2002. The Court of Appeals affirmed Brown’s convictions, for which he had obtained new counsel. See Brown v. State, 274 Ga. App. 302 (617 SE2d 227) (2005). In 2009, Brown filed this habeas corpus petition, raising numerous allegations of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. The habeas court granted relief on three grounds, and Warden Dannie Thompson appeals. We affirm on the ground…