Legal Opinion
Murrell v. Ricks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 27, 2006No. S06A0004PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
A jury found Robert Van Ricks guilty of two counts of child molestation and acquitted him of one count of rape. His conviction was affirmed on appeal. Ricks v. State, 249 Ga. App. 80 (546 SE2d 919) (2001). The same counsel represented Ricks at trial and on appeal. Thereafter, Ricks retained new counsel and filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus claiming, inter alia, that he was denied constitutionally effective assistance of trial counsel. The habeas court agreed and granted the writ on that ground. Warden Murrell appeals pursuant to OCGA § 9-14-52 (c). We reverse.
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