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Jackson v. State

Citations

  • 475 S.E.2d 637
  • 267 Ga. 130
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3387
  • 1996 Ga. LEXIS 706

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “We know of no authority which requires that charges on a lesser included offense . . . precede the charge on the greater offense.”
  • “[Wjhere . . . the witness is not a police officer and there is no instruction to the witness, a mistrial is not necessary.”
  • “[W]here . . . the witness is not a police officer and there is no instruction to the witness, a mistrial is not necessary.”
  • key is that indictment inform defendant of the charges so that he can prepare a defense and that there be no danger of a second prosecution for the same offense

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Judges: Carley

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