DeNamur v. State, 60738
Decision Date | 06 January 1981 |
Docket Number | No. 60738,60738 |
Citation | 156 Ga.App. 270,274 S.E.2d 673 |
Parties | DeNAMUR v. The STATE. |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Samuel W. Worthington, III, Columbus, for appellant.
William J. Smith, Dist. Atty., J. Gray Conger, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.
John DeNamur brings this appeal from his conviction of armed robbery following the denial of his motion for a new trial. (It was alleged that his participation in the crime consisted of driving the getaway vehicle.)
The District Attorney argued: At this point, defense counsel objected and moved for a mistrial. The court held:
In Barnum v. State, 136 Ga.Ap. 469, 472, 221 S.E.2d 829 (1975), this court held that a similar argument
In the present case, the court's instruction to the jury was totally inadequate to eliminate prejudice to the defendant. It was not until charge that the jury was informed that an indictment by a grand jury was not...
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