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Haggins v. State

Citations

  • 627 S.E.2d 448
  • 277 Ga. App. 742
  • 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 616
  • 2006 Ga. App. LEXIS 194

How courts have described this case

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  • isolated comment on defendant’s silence did not draw sufficient attention to defendant’s silence to constitute prejudicial error
  • “It is not improper for a prosecutor to ... stress the need for enforcement of the laws and to impress on the jury its responsibility in that regard.”
  • “It is not improper for a prosecutor to . . . stress the need for enforcement of the laws and to impress on the jury its responsibility in that regard.”
  • “[Although [defendant] was in custody when he made the statement, [the officer] was not interrogating him or otherwise soliciting a response. A defendant’s spontaneous, voluntary, unprompted utterance to a police officer is admissible against him at trial.”

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Judges: Phipps, Andrews, Mikell

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