Legal Opinion
Rickett v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 19, 2003No. S03A0741PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
In 1986, James Albert Rickett pled guilty in Ware County to a charge of trafficking in cocaine, and the trial court imposed a 25-year sentence. In 1998, a federal court in Florida sentenced him to a 180-month prison term for various drug offenses. In 2001, he filed an unverified pro se habeas corpus petition in Ware County attacking his 1986 guilty plea, even though he was being held in a Florida correctional institution on the federal drug charges. Although the State filed an answer asserting that Rickett’s claim lacked merit, the habeas court never set a hearing. In 2002,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Brown v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- State v. MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Craig v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Shreve v. PendletonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- House v. StynchcombeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Ramos v. TerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
- In the Interest of D. W.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
- Sanders v. HolderSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
- William R. Jackson v. Victor WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2006
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