Chambers v. Hall

NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice.

We granted Willie Chambers's application for a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of his petition for habeas corpus, identifying two questions: (1) whether the habeas court erred in concluding that there was sufficient evidence of asportation (movement of the victim) under Garza v. State, 284 Ga. 696, 670 S.E.2d 73 (2008), to support Chambers's conviction for kidnapping Ryan Mantz; and (2) whether the count charging *163Chambers with aggravated assault of Mantz with a deadly weapon merged into his conviction for armed robbery of Mantz. We answer both…