Williams v. State

Robert Eugene Williams was indicted for murder and subsequently was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal, the Court of Appeals affirmed. Williams v. State, 163 Ga. App. 420 (294 SE2d 622) (1982). Williams subsequently filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus which was denied on October 20, 1982; his application to appeal was denied by this court on February 22, 1983.

While that application to appeal was pending, Williams filed a second pleading, captioned as a motion for an out of time appeal, contending that he was being illegally detained due to an illegal conviction based…