Hicks v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Appellant Sheddrick Hicks challenges his conviction on one count of rape, one count of kidnapping with bodily injury, and one count of aggravated sodomy, for which he was sentenced to life in prison.

On January 23, 1994, police officers were dispatched to room 119 of the Candle Light Motel in Dublin, Laurens County, to respond to an assault. When police arrived, they found the victim upset, crying, and “a little hysterical.” The victim told police officers that appellant had entered the motel room where she was staying with her young child; that she had asked him to leave; that…