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Foster v. State

Citations

  • 290 Ga. 599
  • 723 S.E.2d 663
  • 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 610
  • 2012 WL 603160
  • 2012 Ga. LEXIS 198

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  • explaining that the law of the case bars a party from raising an issue in a second appeal that was decided in the first appeal between the same parties
  • finding no violation of OCGA § 17-8-57 in court’s pre-evidentiary charge that “State will introduce evidence in support of the charges contained in the indictment”
  • finding no violation of OCGA § 17-8-57 in court’s pre-evidentiary charge that “ ‘State will introduce evidence in support of the charges contained in the indictment’ ”
  • addressing the law of the case rule in a criminal case
  • an issue raised and decided on appeal from the first trial of a case may not be raised again on appeal after the case was remanded and tried for a second time
  • “judicial comments ‘limited to a clarification of procedures [that] do not address the credibility of witnesses or any fact at issue in the trial’ do not violate OCGA § 17-8-57”

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Judges: Benham

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