Ricketts v. State

Hines, Justice.

Gregory Ricketts appeals his convictions for the malice murder of his wife, Sharia Ricketts, and for intercepting communications which invade the privacy of another. He claims that his convictions must be reversed because his motion to suppress was improperly denied; venue was not pled in the bill of indictment; closing argument was improperly limited to one hour; trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the one-hour limitation of closing argu*467ment; the trial court’s instruction to the jury was erroneous; he was not present at a critical stage of the trial; and the…