STAPLETON v. STATE

30242.

235 Ga. 513 (1975)

220 S.E.2d 269

STAPLETON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Jones, Jr., for appellant.

Beverly B. Hayes, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Harrison Kohler, for appellee.


HALL, Justice.

Defendant Early L. Stapleton appeals from conviction on two counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault and raises among others, two claims under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution. One enumeration, that the charge to the jury that no inference may be drawn from defendant's failure to testify constituted a comment by the judge on the defendant's silence, we find does not rise to constitutional error; the other, that the playing...

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