Legal Opinion

Binns v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 10, 2009No. A08A2117PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MlKELL, Judge.

After a jury trial, Deon Binns was acquitted of murder and two counts of felony murder and convicted of aggravated assault, aggravated battery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. On appeal, Binns contends that: (1) the trial court erred in admitting identification testimony; (2) the investigator impermissibly commented upon Binns’s post-arrest silence; (3) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the comment upon Binns’s post-arrest silence; (4) the trial court constructively…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Mallory v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  2. Landers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. Christensen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Talton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  5. Bruce v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Green v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  2. Mayberry v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  3. Arellano v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
  4. Hanson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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