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Abdullah v. State

Citations

  • 667 S.E.2d 584
  • 284 Ga. 399
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 3179
  • 2008 Ga. LEXIS 815

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  • no abuse of discretion where trial court declined to strike juror whose speech and comprehension were good
  • same, where both shootings occurred in close physical and temporal proximity and involved unsuspecting victims shot without provocation
  • decision to strike juror for cause reviewed under abuse of discretion standard
  • Court vacated one of two firearm possession convictions because there was only one victim
  • Court vacated one of two firearm possession convictions because there was only one victim
  • “[A] transaction does not have to mirror every detail in order to authorize its admission; rather, the proper focus is upon the similarities between the incidents and not upon the differences.” (citation and punctuation omitted)

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Judges: Hunstein

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