Legal Opinion
State v. Graham
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 16, 1980No. 36203PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
This is a review of Graham v. State, 153 Ga. App. 658 (266 SE2d 316) (1980), on writ of certiorari. The writ was granted in order to consider whether a transcript of the voir dire is mandatory in all felony cases instead of death penalty cases only. The Court of Appeals determined that Code Ann. § 6-805 and Code Ann. § 27-2401 require reporting and transcribing the voir dire and also held that failure to provide a transcript in this case was reversible error.
Code Ann. § 6-805 (a) provides: “In all felony cases, the transcript of evidence and proceedings shall be reported and…
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- Brown v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954
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3Cited by53 opinions
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