Baker v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Manuel Max Baker guilty of two counts of leaving the scene of an accident. Baker appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in denying his double jeopardy plea in bar and his motion for mistrial based on a comment by the solicitor-general during closing argument. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. Baker’s convictions stem from an automobile accident he had with Yolanda Stringfellow on October 8, 1999.1 The accident report reveals that the collision occurred on Interstate 285 in DeKalb County at approximately 4:30 p.m. and that a vehicle with an unknown driver,…