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Anderson v. State

Citations

  • 847 S.E.2d 572
  • 309 Ga. 618

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  • explaining that “the scope of voir dire” is generally “left to the sound discretion of the trial court”
  • noting “the scope of voir dire and the propriety of particular questions are left to the sound discretion of the trial court” (punctuation omitted)
  • trial court credited prosecutor’s testimony regarding contents of record based on trial court’s own recollection
  • defendant was not prejudiced by trial counsel’s failure to object to hearsay that was cumulative of other admissible evidence
  • even assuming trial counsel performed 13 deficiently by failing to object to certain testimony, appellant did not show prejudice given that the statements were cumulative of other admissible evidence
  • A “trial judge must charge the jury on each crime specified in the indictment unless the evidence does not warrant a conviction of such crime, or unless the State has affirmatively withdrawn a crime or stricken it from the indictment.” (citation and punctuation omitted)

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