Danforth, Warden v. Chapman

297 Ga. 29

FINAL COPY S15A0147, S15X0148. DANFORTH v. CHAPMAN; and vice versa. BENHAM, Justice. Justin W. Chapman was convicted of arson and felony murder regarding a 2006 fire that was intentionally set outside the front door of his duplex apartment, resulting in the death of a resident who lived on the other side of the duplex. We affirmed Chapman’s conviction in Chapman v. State,

290 Ga. 631

( 724 SE2d 391) (2012). Chapman filed a petition for habeas relief, asserting six substantive claims: ineffective assistance of trial counsel; ineffective assistance of appellate counsel; Brady/Giglio…