Callaham v. State

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• holding that trial court's question and comment to defendant concerning why victim's neighbor, who was not related to anyone in the case, would testify that defendant was the shooter violated OCGA § 17-8-57 because it intimated court's opinion that testimony was believable
• trial court’s questions to victim’s wife were posed to clarify wife’s confusing testimony concerning whether she identified defendant as shooter
• trial court’s questions to victim’s wife were posed to clarify wife’s confusing testimony concerning whether she identified defendant as shooter
• violation of statute where trial court asked defendant if neighbor who implicated him was related to anybody; question clearly intimated court’s opinion that neighbor’s testimony was believable because he was an independent witness unrelated to any of the parties
• judge’s comment before jury regarding witness’s credibility was error

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