What are the facts?
What is the legal issue?
What rule applies?
What did the court hold?
What is the reasoning?
Why is this case significant?
Do you mean the U.S. Supreme Court case?
If you are looking for a U.S. Supreme Court decision, please confirm the year or U.S. Reports citation. There is an 1890s-era Supreme Court case at approximately 150 U.S. (often cited as Hicks v. United States (1893)), but practitioners and students also sometimes intend Arizona v. Hicks, 480 U.S. 321 (1987), which is a distinct Fourth Amendment case not captioned against the United States.
Could this be a federal appellate case (e.g., D.C. Circuit or Tenth Circuit)?
There are mid-20th-century federal appellate opinions titled Hicks v. United States in the D.C. Circuit and Tenth Circuit that concern criminal procedure/evidence issues. If you have a circuit or year, I can brief that specific case.
What information will help you identify the correct case?
Any one of the following is enough: the year, the court (e.g., U.S. Supreme Court, D.C. Circuit), the official reporter citation, or the main legal issue (e.g., Fourth Amendment plain-view; sentencing; evidentiary sufficiency; habeas/§2255).
Are you perhaps looking for Arizona v. Hicks (1987)?
Many students request Hicks v. United States when they actually mean Arizona v. Hicks, 480 U.S. 321 (1987), a leading Fourth Amendment case on moving stereo equipment to view serial numbers. If that's the one, I can brief it immediately.