Chatman v. Mancill

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellee Durwyn Mancill was found guilty of two counts of malice murder in 1993 and sentenced to life imprisonment. This Court affirmed the judgment of conviction in November 2001. Mancill v. State, 274 Ga. 465 (554 SE2d 477) (2001). In October 2002, Mancill filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in which he contended, among other things, 1 that his convictions were unconstitutional because the seven-year delay between his conviction and the filing of his direct appeal deprived him of his right to due process of law. 2 After conducting an evidentiary hearing, the habeas…