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Joyner v. State

Citations

  • 628 S.E.2d 186
  • 278 Ga. App. 60
  • 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 781
  • 2006 Ga. App. LEXIS 232

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  • upholding armed robbery conviction where victim testified that she believed the defendant had a gun because of the way he held his hand inside his jacket, which she demonstrated for the jury, and that she was frightened and gave him the cash from her register drawer
  • upholding armed robbery conviction where victim testified that she believed the defendant had a gun because of the way he held his hand inside his jacket, which she demonstrated for the jury, and that she was frightened and gave him the cash from her register drawer
  • because evidence connected defendant to the crime apart from eyewitness identification, the “level of certainty portion of jury charge was harmless error
  • “level of certainty” charge harmless in view of other evidence connecting defendant to the crimes
  • victim testified she was frightened and believed that defendant had a gun
  • the “level of certainty” instruction was harmless when, in addition to an eyewitness identification, there was evidence that the defendant was in the store at the time of the crime, he fled on foot when he saw officers, and his wife found a substantial amount of cash in his car

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Judges: Smith, Ellington, Adams

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