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Carter v. State

Citations

  • 506 S.E.2d 124
  • 269 Ga. 891

How courts have described this case

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  • after advising suspect of his right to have an attorney present, police officer ceased interrogation when suspect asked “Can I have one?”
  • rejecting contention that language in final charge violated OCGA § 17-8-57, where a review of the charge as a whole revealed that the charge did not attempt to tell the jury what had been shown by the evidence, but instead made clear that jury was the ultimate arbiter of fact
  • rejecting contention that language in final charge violated OCGA § 17-5-7, where a review of the charge as a whole revealed that the charge did not attempt to tell the jury what had been shown by the evidence, but instead made clear that jury was the ultimate arbiter of fact
  • assault entailing unreasonable force is not a legitimate citizen’s arrest because only force that is reasonable under the circumstances may be used to restrain individual arrested

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Judges: Sears, Hunstein

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