Strickland v. State

Gregory, Justice.

Strickland’s murder conviction was reversed by this Court in Strickland v. State, 257 Ga. 230 (357 SE2d 85) (1987). When the DeKalb County District Attorney announced his intention to retry him, Strickland filed a plea of former jeopardy and motion to dismiss on the ground that the prosecution failed to disprove his involuntary intoxication defense beyond a reasonable doubt. After the trial court denied the plea and motion, Strickland filed a notice of appeal.

At the retrial, Strickland brought the notice of appeal to Judge Fuller’s attention. Strickland alleged that under…