Legal Opinion
Strickland v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 23, 1983No. 39208PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
On May 13,1982, Strickland was convicted of the murder of his stepfather, Fred Ricks. His motion for new trial was denied on August 25, 1982, and he appeals.
Strickland had been living with his mother and stepfather for three or four months when, on Feb. 16,1982, he, his stepfather, and a friend, Grady Thornton, spent the morning and part of the afternoon working on the Ricks’ home. Both Thornton and Strickland testified that late in the afternoon the three men went to a bar to drink and shoot pool. Strickland and Ricks returned to the Ricks’ home about 11:00 p.m. Strickland…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Moses v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Stevens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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