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Johns v. State

Citations

  • 549 S.E.2d 68
  • 274 Ga. 23
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 2000
  • 2001 Ga. LEXIS 531

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the appellant’s statement, “Shouldn’t have kept the purse. Should have got rid of it,” after an officer informed him of the charges against him, was made spontaneously and voluntarily
  • recognizing a presumption that the jury follows instruction to disregard certain matter
  • finding no interrogation where defendant was merely informed of why he was being arrested
  • this Court \must presume that the jury followed [its] instruction and disregarded the [witness'] statement\
  • this Court “must presume that the jury followed [its] instruction and disregarded the [witness’] statement”
  • ‘We must presume that the jury followed the trial court’s instruction and disregarded the [prejudicial information].”

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Judges: Thompson

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