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JOYCE v. STATE

No. A98A2356.

509 S.E.2d 85 (1998)

235 Ga. App. 167

JOYCE v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Starling & Starling, Melissa J. Starling, Douglas, for appellant.

Robert B. Ellis, Jr., District Attorney, Timothy L. Eidson, Ellen S. Golden, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

BLACKBURN, Judge.

Jamie C. Joyce appeals his convictions for kidnapping and sexual battery, following a jury trial, contending that the prosecutor violated the provisions of OCGA § 17-8-76(a) in his closing argument to the jury and the trial court committed reversible error by not granting his concomitant request for a mistrial pursuant to OCGA § 17-8-76(b). As we find that the prosecutor's comments, viewed in context, served merely to instruct the jury...

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