...Attaway Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Application denied. All the Justices concur, except Grant, J., not participating. The statutory requirements that habeas hearings must be transcribed, see OCGA § 9-14-50, that the habeas court’s order must include written findings of fact and conclusions of law as part of the record, see OCGA § 9-14-49, and that the record (including the transcript, if designated) must be sent to this Court all serve th...

...This is the second appearance of this habeas corpus case before the Court. In February 2009, we granted a certificate of probable cause to appeal and by order remanded the case with direction that the habeas court "hold a hearing that is transcribed, see OCGA § 9-14-50[and] address all the grounds raised in the petition," which had been incorrectly dismissed as untimely pursuant to OCGA § 9-14-42(c)....

...In a habeas corpus proceeding brought by persons "whose liberty is being restrained by virtue of a sentence imposed against them by a state court of record," OCGA § 9-14-41, it is statutorily mandated that "[a]ll trials ... shall be transcribed by a court reporter designated by the superior court hearing the case." OCGA § 9-14-50....