Brown v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Presiding Judge.
Forace Brown appeals from his aggravated assault conviction and contends that: (1) insufficient evidence supports his conviction; (2) the trial court erred in its jury charge on eyewitness identification testimony; (3) the trial court allowed improper evidence of his bad character; (4) the prosecutor made an improper burden-shifting comment during closing argument; and (5) hearsay evidence was used to establish his identity as the perpetrator of the aggravated assault. We find that sufficient evidence supports Brown’s conviction, but we reverse and remand this case for…
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