Pounds v. State, 77478
| Decision Date | 09 January 1989 |
| Docket Number | No. 77478,77478 |
| Citation | 377 S.E.2d 722,189 Ga.App. 809 |
| Parties | POUNDS v. The STATE. |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Robert H. Cofer II, Thomson, for appellant.
Dennis C. Sanders, Dist. Atty., for appellee.
Defendant Johnnie Pounds appeals from his conviction and sentence for the offense of armed robbery.
1. Defendant first contends that the trial court erred in admitting his confession into evidence because it was induced by hope of benefit in violation of OCGA § 24-3-50. "The benefit which [defendant] insists was an inducement to confess was a reduction in his bond. This argument fails for two reasons.
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(Punctuation omitted.) Heard v. State, 165 Ga.App. 252, 253, 300 S.E.2d 213 (1983). Consequently, this enumeration is without merit. Accord Cooper v. State, 256 Ga. 234(2), 347 S.E.2d 553 (1986); Hall v. State, 180 Ga.App. 366(1), 349 S.E.2d 255 (1986).
2. Defendant also asserts error in the prosecutor's waving in front of the defendant and the jury a document which, according to the defendant, contained evidence of past criminal activity. However, the record reveals that neither the document or its contents were identified before the jury, that no testimony was elicited indicating the contents of the document and that the document was not introduced into...
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