A batch of sharply split decisions at the Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday was highlighted by one in which Justice David E. Nahmias, the court’s newest member, joined three other justices to rewrite a precedent the court made just 16 months ago.
The court’s decision to overrule part of its July 2008 decision in Chester v. State, 284 Ga. 162, centered on whether O.C.G.A. �§ 17-9-4 allowed criminal defendants whose direct appeals had been denied to challenge their convictions as void.
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