Legal Opinion

Richards v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 15, 1979No. 58258PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant was found guilty of the offenses of voluntary manslaughter and simple assault. We affirm.

1. Appellant enumerates as error several of the *202court’s rulings sustaining objections to certain questions posed by defense counsel. These enumerations are not meritorious.

A. The court correctly sustained the state’s objection to a question propounded by the defense, which question posed a hypothetical to a non-expert witness. Since the question was not predicated upon any testimony then before the court, the court’s exclusion of the question was warranted. See Bryant v. State,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  2. Sullens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Carnes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
  4. Wanzer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  5. Trask v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  2. Asbury v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  3. Prater v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  4. Chatman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  5. State v. AcostaWashington Supreme Court · 1984

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