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Hodges v. State

Citations

  • 547 S.E.2d 386
  • 249 Ga. App. 268

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  • where trial judge gives corrective instructions and counsel thereafter fails to request further instruction or renew his motion for mistrial, the issue is waived
  • after a motion for mistrial is denied and a curative instruction is given to the jury, the moving party must object or renew the motion for mistrial to preserve the error for appeal
  • trial court did not abuse discretion in denying motion for mistrial where juror’s phone call to witness on night before witness’s testimony did not concern the merits of the case, and when the witness “immediately told the juror he could not speak with her”

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Judges: Barnes, Smith, Phipps

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