Abrams v. Laughlin

Hines, Chief Justice.

**34This Court granted prisoner Cardell Jerome Abrams's application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, posing the question of whether the habeas court correctly dismissed the petition for failure to file within the time allowed by OCGA § 9-14-42 (c) (3).1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of the habeas court.

On October 17, 2005, Abrams was convicted of four counts of kidnapping, as well as other crimes, pursuant to a guilty plea, and he did not seek direct review of any of his…