Legal Opinion
Dickens v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 13, 2006No. S05A2077PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.
Latoya Dickens was convicted of felony murder in the stabbing death of her husband, Otis Dickens. She appeals from the denial of her motion for new trial,1 challenging the effectiveness of her trial counsel and contending that comments by the trial judge violated OCGA § 17-8-57. Finding no error, we affirm.
1. The jury was authorized to find that Dickens called 911 and said she was going to kill her husband and had armed herself with a knife. Two minutes later Dickens called 911 again and reported that she had stabbed her husband. Police responding to her calls…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Simpson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Mullins v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
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3Cited by112 opinions
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- Banks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
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