Legal Opinion

Fields v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 15, 1996No. A96A1727PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Larry Lane Fields appeals his DUI conviction. He enumerates three errors. Held:

1. Appellant first contends the trial court erred by not charging as to the limited purpose for which the jury was authorized to consider evidence of similar transactions in its general jury charge. The record before us reflects that appellant failed to request the trial court to charge the jury regarding similar transaction evidence. Also the record reveals that, based on the request of both the appellant and the State, the charging conference was not subject to court reporter take-down…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Farley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  2. Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  3. Robinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  4. Brockman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  5. Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. Lucas v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Payne v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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