Mitchum v. State

306 Ga. 878

FINAL COPY S19A0554. MITCHUM v. THE STATE. MELTON, Chief Justice. This case concerns a challenge to a criminal conviction raised in an extraordinary motion for new trial. Specifically, we address whether a post-appeal challenge to a criminal conviction based on alleged improper communications with the jury that occurred during the defendant’s trial but that were not brought to the defendant’s attention until years later may be properly pursued through an extraordinary motion for new trial, or whether such claims must be pursued exclusively through a petition for a writ of habeas…