RICKS v. STATE

S17A0465.

800 S.E.2d 307 (2017)

RICKS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brad Gardner , GEORGIA CAPITAL DEFENDER, 104 Marietta Street, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Emily J. Gilbert , GEORGIA CAPITAL DEFENDER, 225 Peachtree Street, Suite 900, South Tower, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Christian Garfield Lamar , Kimberly Ann Staten-Hayes , METRO CAPITAL DEFENDER'S OFFICE, 104 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 630, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, James Gabriel Banks , A.D.A., FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Third Floor, 135 Pryor Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.


Otis Ricks has been indicted along with three other men for murder, armed robbery, criminal street gang activity, and related crimes in connection with the shooting death of Vanessa Thrasher at a lounge in Atlanta on August 16, 2012. The State has given notice of its intent to seek the death penalty against Ricks and at least one...

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