Legal Opinion

Quiller v. the State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 15, 2016No. A16A0114PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Boggs, Judge.

A jury found Marcus Terrell Quiller guilty of aggravated assault, burglary, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Following the denial of his amended motion for new trial, Quiller appeals, asserting as his sole enumeration of error that the trial court committed reversible error by improperly commenting on the evidence during preliminary instructions in violation of OCGA § 17-8-57. We discern no reversible error and therefore affirm.

Quiller argues that during preliminary instructions to the jury, the trial court erred in stating the following:

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2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Shaw v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  2. Pyatt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  3. Sales v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Moore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. United States v. NunemacherCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Burney v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  2. Willis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  3. Allen v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2017
  5. Kritlow v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016

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