Legal Opinion
Hicks v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 18, 1974No. 28810PublishedCited by 261 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ingram, Justice.
This appeal is from convictions and sentences of appellant after a trial in DeKalb Superior Court for the offenses of rape, armed robbery and burglary. Two life imprisonment sentences and a sentence of 20 years, to run consecutively with each other, were imposed in the trial court for these crimes.
The transcript of evidence reveals that at approximately 7:30 a.m. on January 22, 1973, the prosecutrix was awakened in her home in DeKalb County by the barking of the family dog, and as she opened her eyes she saw a black man standing beside her bed with a gun. He threatened harm to…
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