SMITH v. STATE

56107.

148 Ga. App. 1 (1978)

251 S.E.2d 13

SMITH v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 16, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gibson, McGee & Blount, J. Baker McGee, Jr., Lamar Gibson, for appellant.

Dewey Hayes, District Attorney, for appellee.


BELL, Chief Judge.

The defendant was convicted of rape, aggravated sodomy, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. Held:

1. The trial court refused to permit defendant's counsel to ask each juror whether the juror would find it easier to believe the testimony of a law enforcement officer than the testimony of any other witness. A trial court under Code Ann. § 59-705 has discretion to limit examination of a juror to questions dealing directly with...

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