Legal Opinion
Counts v. Moorehead
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided May 7, 1974No. 28672PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Justice.
We granted certiorari to review the ruling of the Court of Appeals in Moorehead v. Counts, 130 Ga. App. 453 (203 SE2d 553). Held:
1. The Court of Appeals held that under Code § 81-1009 an improper remark of counsel required the trial court upon motion for mistrial to rebuke counsel and endeavor to remove the improper impression from their minds. These are not necessarily independent actions. This court has held that where the instruction by the court to the jury to disregard the remarks was full, it in *221effect amounted to a rebuke of counsel. Wells v. State, 194 Ga. 70, 75…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Georgia Power Co. v. PuckettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
- Spell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
- Wells v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Moorehead v. CountsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
3Cited by20 opinions
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- Ward v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
- Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. TownsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Tidwell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
- All Risk Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
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