Wells v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
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…
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