Legal Opinion

Milstead v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 2, 1980No. 59747PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Judge.

Michael Milstead was convicted of rape and sentenced to serve 20 years. He brings this appeal enumerating four alleged errors. Held:

1. In his first two enumerations of error, Milstead complains that the trial court erred in its charge to the jury. In the first portion of the charge to which complaint is made, Milstead argues that the court erred in advising the jury that generally photographic identification is more reliable where the selection process results from the viewing of a group of similar photographs rather than the display of the defendant’s picture alone to the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  4. Boyd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  5. Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Warren v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Boyd v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  3. Muse v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  4. Pelligrini v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  5. Gibson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

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