Legal Opinion

Stone v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 9, 1999No. A98A2467PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Randall Stone guilty of possession of a dangerous weapon, a razor blade, by an inmate. On appeal, Stone contends that the trial court erred in (1) failing to charge tbe jury with his sole defense; (2) failing to give the jury contemporaneous limiting instructions at the time similar transaction evidence was admitted; and (3) misstating the purpose for which the similar transaction evidence had been admitted during its charge to the jury. Because these con tentions are without merit, we affirm.

We note initially that Stone has failed to file a separate enumeration of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. State v. BeltSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  2. Muhammad v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  3. Quarles v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  4. McClain v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  5. State v. HinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Rogers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  2. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  3. Wiser v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  5. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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