Dickeson v. State

THOMAS, Justice.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether Elizabeth Dickeson (Dickeson) was denied the effective assistance of counsel at her trial. This issue was not raised in the trial court and, of course, there is no ruling by the trial court on this claim. Other issues are identified and argued relating to the suppression of statements made by Dickeson following the seizure of her diary; the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction; and the deprivation of a fair trial because of a plethora of evidentiary errors. We conclude that the record in this case demonstrates that…