Legal Opinion

Lyle v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 7, 1974No. 48782, 48783PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Stolz, Judge.

The defendants were jointly indicted, arrested on a bench warrant, tried and convicted in the Superior Court of Clayton County, of distributing Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) without lawful authority to do so, and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment. Each defendant appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. The enumerations of errors in both appeals are identical. Consequently, both will be considered together. Held:

1. The defendants enumerate as error the failure of the trial judge to sustain their motions for mistrial based on the district attorney’s repeated…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Mills v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  2. Register v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  3. Morton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  4. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  5. Godwin v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Charles Thomas Corn, Cross-Appellant v. Walter Zant, Warden, Jackson Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent- Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  3. Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  4. Montgomery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
  5. Hunter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977

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