Marlow v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of burglary, OCGA § 16-7-1, enumerating as error that: 1) the prosecutor expressed his personal belief in defendant’s guilt; 2) a State’s witness placed defendant’s character in evidence; 3) his custodial statement was admitted into evidence in violation of OCGA § 17-7-210; 4) certain admitted testimony was hearsay.

1. The prosecutor responded to an objection to cross-examination regarding a Bible defendant was holding closely during his testimony: “Your Honor, the relevance is that the entire defense is a charade and that this is a prop.” The…