· 7/13/2009
Garduno v. State
Citations
- 682 S.E.2d 145
- 299 Ga. App. 32
- 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 2612
- 2009 Ga. App. LEXIS 824
How courts have described this case
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- where prospective juror was admittedly biased toward prosecution witness and state’s questioning did not rehabilitate juror, trial court manifestly abused discretion in refusing to strike juror for cause
- where prospective juror was admittedly biased toward prosecution witness and State's questioning did not rehabilitate juror, trial court manifestly abused discretion in refusing to strike juror for cause
- “[J]urors who have expressed a bias may well mistakenly believe that they can set aside their preconceptions and inclinations-certainly every reasonable person wants to believe he or she is capable of doing so.” (punctuation omitted)
- case may be retried upon remand
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Judges: Phipps, Smith, Bernes
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