Legal Opinion

Hicks v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 3, 1984No. 66797PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Judge.

Bobby Hicks brings this appeal from his conviction of theft of a motor vehicle. Held:

1. Appellant’s first enumeration of error challenges his conviction on the ground that his constitutional rights to due process and equal protection were denied because of the ineffective assistance of trial counsel. As evidence of the alleged ineffectiveness of counsel, appellant cites several circumstances surrounding the admission into evidence of a certified copy of an accusation which showed that appellant had pled guilty to having given a false name to a law enforcement officer. However, our…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pitts v. GlassSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Siegel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  3. Russell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  4. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1873
  5. Dansby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Clarington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  2. Snell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  4. Blocker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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