Legal Opinion

Riddick v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 19, 2013No. A12A2133PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

After a third trial on the same charge,1 William Riddick was convicted of child molestation. He appeals his conviction, contending that: (1) the evidence was insufficient; (2) the trial court erred by declaring a mistrial during the first trial; (3) the trial court erred in its charge to the jury on prior inconsistent statements; and (4) his trial attorney in the third trial was ineffective. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. Riddick contends that the evidence was insufficient because there was no testimonial evidence that he “put his finger in [the victim]’s…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Lupoe v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  4. Battles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
  5. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bray v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2015
  2. Hantz v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  3. Hoke v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  4. Bradley v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  5. Cristina Cruz v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2022

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