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Metz v. State

Citations

  • 669 S.E.2d 121
  • 284 Ga. 614
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 3485
  • 2008 Ga. LEXIS 861

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  • recognizing that the 2007 amendment of OCGA § 17-8-58, effective July 1, 2007, requires a criminal defendant to “inform the court of the specific objection and the grounds for such objection before the jury retires to deliberate”
  • “For the admission of a co-defendant’s statements to constitute a Bruton violation the statements standing alone must clearly inculpate the defendant.”
  • trial court did not err in denying motion for mistrial where there was no Bruton violation
  • party to crime may be charged and convicted of its commission under OCGA § 16-2-20 (a)
  • severance not mandated based on introduction of custodial statements made by a nontestifying co-defendant that did not directly inculpate the defendant
  • defendant’s failure to object to charge on accomplice testimony at the conclusion of the jury charge resulted in waiver

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Judges: Thompson

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