Wade v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Wade was arrested and charged with driving under the influence (OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (1)) and driving with blood alcohol concentration greater than .12 grams (OCGA § 40-6-391 (a) (4)). A DeKalb County jury acquitted her on the second count but found her guilty on the first. On appeal she enumerates two errors: (1) the trial court’s statement, made in the course of preliminary jury instructions, that “[y]ou [jurors] should not consider anything the attorneys say during your deliberations because it is not evidence”; and (2) the denial of defendant/appellant’s…