Abrams v. Laughlin

Summary

The Court affirmed dismissal of Abrams’s state habeas petition as untimely. It held that the four-year period under OCGA § 9-14-42 (c) (3) begins when the asserted right is initially recognized, not when the right is later made retroactive, and that a change in law is not a factual predicate that resets the period under subsection (c) (4). The Court also concluded that the petition was untimely under the ordinary finality-based period in subsection (c) (1).