Legal Opinion
Wilcox v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 18, 1983No. 39046PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
The appellant was tried in the Lowndes County Superior Court for the murder of Hellen Hanks and for the unlawful concealment of her death. On January 14,1982, the jury found the appellant guilty of both offenses. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to a consecutive twelve-month sentence for concealing the murder. He appeals.
On August 31,1972, a Thursday, the victim, thirty-five year-old Hellen Hanks, disappeared. At that time, she was working as a bookkeeper and secretary for Wilcox Outdoor Advertising in Valdosta, a company owned by the appellant, E. K. Wilcox,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United States v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Waters v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Chancey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- E.K. Wilcox, Jr., Cross-Appellant v. J. Paul Ford, Warden, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Willis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
- Garland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
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