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Laing v. State

Citations

  • 695 S.E.2d 363
  • 304 Ga. App. 15
  • 2010 Fulton County D. Rep. 1672
  • 2010 Ga. App. LEXIS 438

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  • holding that a defendant did not establish prejudice because the charge given substantially covered the principle of the suggested charge, and therefore, there was no reversible error from counsel’s failure to request the suggested charge
  • no error in declining defendant’s request to charge on accomplice corroboration where State relied on defendant’s statement and other evidence
  • right to jury poll is derived from common law and may be waived by, among other things, failure to timely request the poll

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Judges: Doyle, Andrews, Ellington

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