Legal Opinion
Reynolds v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 23, 2009No. S08G1123PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
We granted certiorari to the Court of Appeals in Reynolds v. State, 290 Ga. App. 44 (658 SE2d 815) (2008), to consider whether the rule of Mallory v. State, 261 Ga. 625, 630 (5) (409 SE2d 839) (1991), 1 that the prosecutor may not comment on a defendant’s pre-arrest silence, is limited to circumstances described in Morrison v. State, 251 Ga. App. 161, 164 (3) (554 SE2d 190) (2001). Finding that it is not, we reverse and remand.
Paul Edward Reynolds was tried before a jury and convicted of aggravated battery stemming from a domestic dispute. Both the trial court and the Court of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Fletcher v. WeirSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mallory v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Chapel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
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