CORTEZ v. STATE

No. A01A2156.

561 S.E.2d 142 (2002)

253 Ga. App. 699

CORTEZ v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

February 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Frier, Smyrna, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Jeanne M. Canavan, Priscilla E. Carroll, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.


MIKELL, Judge.

Indicted for malice murder and felony murder, Abel Hernandez Cortez was convicted of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter. On appeal from the denial of his motion for new trial, Cortez argues that the trial court erred in (1) admitting his custodial statement, (2) allowing his statement to be reread to the jury during its deliberations, (3) charging...

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