GA 17-10-62 - GA 17-10-62

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Habeas corpus proceeding. - O.C.G.A. § 17-10-60 et seq. is the exclusive procedure for raising a mentally incompetent to be executed challenge after sentencing, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-62 , and creates a rebuttable presumption against re-litigation of a finding of competency instead of applying the stricter habeas procedural default standard, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-69 ; accordingly, this issue should not arise in habeas proceedings in Georgia. Perkins v. Hall, 288 Ga. 810 , 708 S.E.2d 335 (2011), overruled on other grounds by State v. Lane, 308 Ga. 10 , 838 S.E.2d 808 (2020). <h3...