Johnson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Judge.
James Larry Johnson was convicted of five counts of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, for possession of marijuana, *502amobarbital and secobarbital, hydromorphone and codeine. He enumerates five errors below. Held:
1. The trial court did not err in denying a mistrial on the basis of prejudicial statements made by the district attorney in closing arguments that appellant lied or was lying. See Iler v. State, 139 Ga. App. 743 (229 SE2d 543). The record shows the following occurred during the prosecutor’s closing argument:
The prosecutor stated: “These premises were…
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