Thomas v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

These are appeals from two convictions for simple battery, committed by appellant in striking a child and an employee in the daycare center he operated. Held:

1. Appellant urges error in Case No. 72894 upon the trial court’s jury charge as being “coercive,” because the trial court in advance of trial, at length thanked the jury for its service, told the jury to avoid premature and fixed opinions and that its verdict, whatever it would be, must be unanimous and consistent with the oath taken as jurors. Appellant cites Campbell v. State, 81 Ga. App. 834 (60 SE2d 169)…