Van Kleeck v. State

Marshall, Presiding Justice.

Mary Margaret Van Kleeck appeals from her convictions of the murder of and theft by taking from Doc Hicks, for which offenses she was sentenced to life imprisonment and a concurrent five-years’ imprisonment, respectively.

1. The appellant’s first enumeration of error is the denial of her motion for mistrial on the ground that the testimony of Detective Swinney, regarding the substance of the appellant’s in-custody oral statement, was admitted in contravention of OCGA § 17-7-210 (Code Ann. § 27-1302), because the witness’ version was allegedly more incriminating than…