Leach v. State

Quillian, Judge.

The defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced for the crime of burglary. His motion for new trial was overruled and appeal to this court followed. Held:

1. During voir dire examination of prospective jurors, counsel for the defendant objected to district attorney’s referring to the defendant as "the prisoner at the bar.”

The Georgia Supreme Court has held that in view of Code § 59-806 using the very expression in question that it is not error on voir dire to refer to the accused as "the prisoner at the bar.” West v. State, 229 Ga. 427 (2) (192 SE2d 163); Collier v. State, 232…