BROWN v. PARODY

No. S13A0899.

751 S.E.2d 793 (2013)

294 Ga. 240

BROWN v. PARODY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Dep. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Daniel Whitener Hamilton , Shepard, Plunkett, Hamilton & Boudreaux, LLP, Augusta, for appellant.

Timothy Parody , Grovetown, for appellee.

Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore , Mercer Law School, Macon, Joseph Scott Key , J. Scott Key, P.C., Decatur, for amicus appellee.


MELTON, Justice.

Following the grant of habeas relief to Timothy Parody premised on a finding that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel, Dennis Brown, acting as the warden of Augusta State Medical Prison, appeals. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

1. "In reviewing the grant or denial of a petition for habeas corpus, this Court accepts the habeas court's factual findings and credibility determinations unless they are clearly erroneous...

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