CARRUTH v. STATE

60195.

155 Ga. App. 666 (1980)

272 S.E.2d 531

CARRUTH v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Kane, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of two counts of armed robbery. We affirm.

1. Appellant complains that the district attorney's comment regarding defendant's failure to return to court, made during closing argument, impermissibly prejudiced his defense. It is appellant's contention that such comment was in actuality a comment upon the exercise of defendant's right against self-incrimination and mandated the grant of his motion for mistrial...

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