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FRANKLIN v. STATE

55722.

146 Ga. App. 429 (1978)

246 S.E.2d 442

FRANKLIN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 27, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul, Blount & Martin, Percy J. Blount, for appellant.

Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, Stephen E. Curry, Steven L. Beard, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

SHULMAN, Judge.

This appeal is from appellant's conviction for armed robbery.

1. At the beginning of the trial, defense counsel moved for a mistrial, claiming that when appellant was brought into the courtroom the door to the detention area from which he was brought was opened so widely that the jury could see the bars of the detention cells. That amounted, counsel contended, to the same thing as bringing appellant into the courtroom in shackles. Citing

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