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Doyle v. State

Citations

  • 291 Ga. 729
  • 733 S.E.2d 290
  • 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 3162
  • 2012 WL 4857195
  • 2012 Ga. LEXIS 781

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  • holding that, in reviewing whether the trial court’s recharge confused the jury, we must view the original charge and recharge as a whole
  • defense counsel’s question to defendant on direct examination as to why he never told his story before opened the door to the prosecution’s questions and argument on the issue
  • defense counsel’s question to defendant on direct examination as to why he never told his story before opened the door to the prosecution’s questions and argument on the issue
  • Trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to object to the prosecutor’s comment on defendant’s silence where trial counsel “open[ed] the door to this line of questioning” and “any objection to the prosecution’s comment upon appellant’s silence would have been overruled.”

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Judges: Thompson

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