Dickinson v. State

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant John Patrick Dickinson appeals from his judgment of conviction for capital murder and attempted first-degree murder and his sentence to life imprisonment without parole plus twenty years, to be served concurrently. His sole point on appeal is that the circuit court erred in denying his motion to suppress a .40 caliber Glock pistol. We affirm the judgment.

The facts are that in the early hours of May 13, 2004, police officers were dispatched to Rector, where one man, Jewel Cavaness, had been shot to death and another, Brad Hester, had been wounded. The motive,…