Snell v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is a companion case to Tisdol v. State, 158 Ga. App. 852 (282 SE2d 411) (1981).

1. The trial court did not err in overruling the defendant’s motion for a mistrial or his motion for a new trial. A witness was asked, “Did you at any time arrange with them an alleged robbery that took place on January 21,1980?” He responded, “No, and I took a lie detector test to that effect.”

After hearing argument on the motion for mistrial outside the presence of the jury, the trial court had the jury return to the courtroom and instructed them to disabuse their minds of…