Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 18, 1988No. 75660PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of three counts of robbery by intimidation. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the jury’s verdicts.

Appellant’s sole enumeration of error is based upon the following remark, which was made during the State’s closing argument: “But don’t you imagine that if there were somebody to account for where [appellant] was when these robberies took place that they would be here?” Appellant moved for a mistrial, on the ground that this remark was an impermissible comment on his constitutional and statutory…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  2. Hutchinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  3. Hufstetler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Ponder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  2. Burns v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990

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