Legal Opinion

Grant v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 13, 2000No. S99G1267PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Thompson, Justice.

We reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals in Grant v. State, 237 Ga. App. 892 (515 SE2d 872) (1999), because the State now concedes that the jury oath which is mandated by OCGA § 15-12-139 was never administered in this case. It follows that Grant’s motion to set aside his conviction should have been granted and the case must be remanded for retrial. See Slaughter v. State, 100 Ga. 323 (28 SE 159) (1897).

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur. Decided March 13, 2000. L. Elizabeth Lane, for appellant. Charles H. Weston, District Attorney, Wayne G. Tillis, Howard Z.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Slaughter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Butts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  2. Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
  3. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2008
  4. Spencer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  5. Atkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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