Legal Opinion

Wilcox v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 6, 2011No. A11A0654PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Edward Loyldell Wilcox was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, and burglary. His motion for new trial was denied, and, in this out-of-time appeal, he asserts the general grounds and ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. The elderly victim, who lived next door to Wilcox and knew him as “Ed,” identified him to the police and at trial as the man who broke into her house, raped her, and forced her to perform oral sex on him. “[T]he testimony of the victim alone was sufficient to support the jury’s verdict of guilt.” Sims v. State, 275 Ga. App.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hazelrigs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  3. State v. PetersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  4. Robison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
  5. Moore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  4. PALACIOUS v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
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