Pickren v. State

Carley, Justice.

The State is seeking imposition of the death penalty against Tommy Lamar Pickren for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Brett Dickey. We granted Pickren’s application for interim appeal pursuant to OCGA § 17-10-35.1, in order to address the trial court’s approval of the admission of victim impact statements and the State’s use of a videotaped reenactment of the crime.

1. Although Pickren contends that the victim impact statements are voluminous, the transcript shows that both the State and the trial court made extensive deletions from the statements of the eight victim impact…