Legal Opinion

Wells v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 17, 2000No. A00A0086PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Earlie Wells was convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping with bodily injury, and two counts of theft by taking. On appeal he alleges three errors: (1) the jury venire did not represent the county population — but he failed below to show purposeful discrimination; (2) over objection, the court allowed a prosecution witness on redirect to testify regarding a visit to the victim — but this testimony was to counter attacks on the witness’ credibility during cross-examination; and (3) the court denied his motion for mistrial based on a comment made in the prosecution’s closing…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Cook v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  2. Woodham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  3. Bolden v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  4. Department of Transportation v. Dalton Paving & Construction, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  5. Mullis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Bussey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  2. Morgan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  3. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  4. Howard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  5. Fennell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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