Turner v. State

Smith, Judge.

Alan John Turner was convicted of operating 'a motor vehicle after being declared an habitual violator and driving with defective equipment. OCGA §§ 40-5-58; 40-8-7. On appeal, he enumerates as error the trial court’s failure to charge the jury on the defense of mistake of fact; the court’s failure to grant a mistrial after comments by the prosecutor during closing argument; and the court’s refusal to admit certain testimony. We affirm.

1. Turner’s apparent basis for his defense of mistake of fact is his testimony that “I just thought my license was good.” He testified that he…