Legal Opinion

Collins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 4, 1986No. 72764PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Pope, Judge.

Greg Collins brings this appeal from his conviction and sentence of burglary. His sole enumeration cites as error the trial court’s refusal to grant a mistrial based upon the unresponsive answer of an investigator for the sheriff’s office to a question posed by the prosecutor on direct examination. The prosecutor inquired as to why the investigator had sent fingerprints from the crime scene to the State Crime Lab in Atlanta. The investigator responded: “I sent them there along with some other prints, known prints, of the Defendant that — we had had a lot of burglaries in — around…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Sabel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  2. Boyd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  3. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Sherrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  5. Hutchinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ochle v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  2. McKenye v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001

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