Day v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Sognier, Judge.
George Wendell Day was convicted of child molestation and solicitation of sodomy and he appeals.
1. Appellant contends the trial court erred by charging the jury that they “should convict” appellant and that it was their “duty to convict” him. The record reveals that the trial court instructed the jury extensively on what constitutes a reasonable doubt and the State’s burden of proof, then charged the jury that “[i]f after giving consideration to all of the facts and circumstances of the case your minds are then wavering, unsettled and unsatisfied, then that is the doubt of the…
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