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Jackson v. State

Citations

  • 316 Ga. App. 588
  • 730 S.E.2d 69
  • 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 2253
  • 2012 WL 2579218
  • 2012 Ga. App. LEXIS 618

How courts have described this case

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  • holding the charge survived a general demurrer even though the offense level was mislabeled in the indictment, particularly given the statute and underlying facts were never changed
  • “Whether the scars rose to the level of serious disfigurement was a factual issue for the jury to resolve.”
  • “the trial court’s slip of the tongue [in instructing the jury] cannot be said to have misled or confused the jury”
  • “evidence of a witness’s first offender status is admissible to ‘reveal a possible bias, prejudice or ulterior motive on the part of the witness to give untruthful or shaded testimony in an effort to please the State.’”
  • “evidence of a witness’s first offender status is admissible to ‘reveal a possible bias, prejudice, or ulterior motive on the part of the witness to give untruthful or shaded testimony in an effort to please the State’ ”

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Judges: Barnes

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