Legal Opinion

Campbell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided October 16, 1978No. 56379PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bell, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of armed robbery. Held:

1. The trial court denied the defendant’s motion for a severance of the two counts. There was no error. Where the joinder is based on the same conduct or series of connected acts or constituting parts of a single plan, severance lies within the sound discretion of the trial judge. Coats v. State, 234 Ga. 659, 662 (217 SE2d 260). There was no abuse of that discretion as it was shown that the two robberies arose out of the same conduct.

2. The court admitted evidence of photo identification of defendant at a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kirby v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Coats v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. Ogles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  4. Mitchell v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  5. Sloan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Durham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  2. Bradford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  3. Campbell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  4. Whitehead v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  5. Brazile v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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