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Martin v. State

Citations

  • 642 S.E.2d 837
  • 281 Ga. 778
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 911
  • 2007 Ga. LEXIS 257

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  • bifurcated proceeding in which defendant was found guilty of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
  • objection set forth in amended motion for new trial was not contemporaneous and did not preserve issue for appellate review
  • “ ‘the contemporaneous objection rule . . . provides that counsel must make a proper objection on the record at the earliest possible time to preserve for review the point of error’ ”
  • one charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon may not mount a successful collateral attack on the prior felony conviction that serves as the predicate offense since OCGA § 16-11-131 (b
  • “Georgia has long followed the contemporaneous objection rule, which provides that counsel must make a proper objection on the record at the earliest possible time to preserve for review the point of error.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
  • improper use of plea of nolo contendere to impeach a witness

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Judges: Benham

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