Lockaby v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the purpose of OCGA § 17-8-57 is to prevent the jury from being improperly influenced by the trial judge
• noting that the purpose of OCGA § 17-8- 57 is to prevent the jury from being improperly influenced by the trial court judge
• “ ‘the purpose of OCGA § 17-8-57 is to prevent the jury from being influenced’ ”
• no error where trial court admonished defense counsel for asking defense witnesses leading questions on direct examination
• trial court did not err by allowing state to question defendant about any prior positive drug screens to impeach his unsolicited assertion that the drug screen that was the basis of his prosecution was his only positive drug screen
• “Where a trial judge is alleged to have made a prejudicial remark during the course of the trial in violation of such Code section, absent plain error, an objection or motion for mistrial must he made in order to preserve the issue for appeal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).