PLEDGER v. STATE

34142.

86 Ga. App. 475 (1952)

71 S.E.2d 788

PLEDGER v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 11, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrin Roberts, for plaintiff in error.

D. M. Pollock, Solicitor-General, contra.


CARLISLE, J.

Where, in a criminal trial, during the examination of a witness for the defendant as to the prosecuting witness' reputation for peace or violence, the trial court, ex mero motu, admonished the witness to give only answers responsive to the questions asked by counsel for the defendant and not to volunteer information, such action on the part of the court, whether or not the admonition can be said to have prejudiced the defendant's rights, is not...

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