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· 10/26/1998

Kyler v. State

Citations

  • 508 S.E.2d 152
  • 270 Ga. 81
  • 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 3576
  • 1998 Ga. LEXIS 1008

How courts have described this case

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

  • “A witness’s credibility may be impeached upon showing conviction for a crime of moral turpitude, or upon introducing a certified copy of a prior felony conviction.”
  • impermissible impeachment, i.e., prosecutor’s reference to witness’s “outstanding warrants,” waived on appeal in the absence of timely objection at trial
  • improper mention of outstanding warrants for arrest of witness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Sears, Carley

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