Hodges v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, Judge.
A jury convicted Hodges of armed robbery, and he appeals on the grounds that the court erred in failing to charge "that identification testimony is opinion evidence and should be rejected or accepted as any other opinion evidence” and in failing to instruct "more fully” on the defense of mistaken identity. We affirm.
First of all we note that appellant did not make any requests to charge on the subject matter of the trial court’s alleged erroneous omissions. Also, following the court’s charge, appellant advised the trial court that he had no exceptions with the charge given. That…
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