Supreme Court of Georgia
Gordon v. Caldwell.
May 21, 2018814 S.E.2d 680
Summary
The court held that the habeas court improperly treated certain ineffective-assistance claims as foreclosed by Gordon's direct appeal. Claims concerning appellate counsel's handling of the statute-of-limitations issue and the sufficiency of the evidence of force were not resolved adversely on direct appeal and must be reconsidered, while the habeas court's rejection of another statute-of-limitations-related claim was affirmed on a different ground. The judgment was therefore affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded.