WHITE v. STATE

62060.

159 Ga. App. 545 (1981)

284 S.E.2d 76

WHITE v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen L. Jackson, for appellant.

C. Deen Strickland, District Attorney, M. C. Pritchard, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery. In his closing argument to the jury, the assistant district attorney made a passing reference to the fact that all the jury had heard from the defendant was the statement he had given the police. The defense attorney objected and moved for a mistrial. The trial judge cautioned the assistant district attorney to refrain from such statements, instructed the jury to disregard the statement, and denied the...

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