Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 2, 1980No. 36311PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review the holding in Division 1 of the Court of Appeals in Jackson v. State, 154 Ga. App. 139 (267 SE2d 767) (1980), dealing with their application of the induced error doctrine set forth in Hill v. State, 237 Ga. 523 (228 SE2d 898) (1976), to this case.
Defendants Jackson and Denton were jointly tried and convicted of theft by receiving stolen property. The main evidence for the state consisted of testimony from the thief involved in the transaction. During his testimony, the state brought out the facts of the witness’s past felony convictions and…
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