Kent v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for the offenses of child molestation and recidivism. Held:

1. Defendant, who is deaf and mute, argues that the trial court erred in allowing the State to ask potential jurors the following question: “I’m going to ask you to promise me that if you are selected as a juror on this case, that you can lay aside any sympathy for this defendant because he is deaf and decide the case strictly on the evidence produced in court.”

“In Waters v. State, 248 Ga. 355, 363 (283 SE2d 238) (1981), [the Supreme Court of Georgia] noted that ‘(v)oir dire…