VEAL v. STATE

No. A97A1804.

494 S.E.2d 373 (1997)

229 Ga. App. 569

VEAL v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emerson Carey, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, District Attorney, Barbara B. Conroy, Jeffrey H. Brickman, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


RUFFIN, Judge.

Johnny Veal was indicted for armed robbery and two counts of aggravated assault. Veal's first trial was declared a mistrial due to a hung jury. In a second trial, a jury found Veal guilty of two counts of aggravated assault. Veal appeals, asserting that the court in the second trial erred by failing to grant a mistrial following the prosecutor's purportedly inappropriate comments during closing argument. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

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