Legal Opinion
Presley v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 23, 2009No. S08G1152PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
The Court granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Presley v. State, 290 Ga. App. 99 (658 SE2d 773) (2008), to review its ruling that the trial court did not err in ordering that spectators be excluded from the courtroom during jury voir dire in Eric Presley’s trial for cocaine trafficking, which resulted in his conviction. Finding no infirmity in the trial court’s directive, we affirm.
At Presley’s trial, before the prospective jurors were brought into the courtroom for jury voir dire, the trial court inquired of a *271courtroom observer: “Now, the gentleman in the…
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- Ayala v. SpeckardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Myers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
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3Cited by18 opinions
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