Arnold v. State

Hunstein, Justice.

Jimmy Arnold was found guilty of one count of child molestation. The Court of Appeals affirmed. Arnold v. State, 236 Ga. App. 380 (511 SE2d 219) (1998). We granted the writ of certiorari to consider whether the trial court’s charge to the jury impermissibly expanded the manner in which the crime, as set forth in the indictment, was committed. Finding that the erroneous charge was a palpable slip of the tongue which could not have confused or misled the jury because of the trial court’s explicit instructions properly stated on the same subject before the inaccurate statement,…