Supreme Court of Georgia· 3/25/2016

Pyatt v. State

Citations

298 Ga. 742
784 S.E.2d 759
2016 Ga. LEXIS 249

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holding that a trial judge’s comment appearing to agree with the State that a witness’s statement was “critical evidence” did not violate OCGA § 17-8-57
explaining that a party must promptly move to recuse once learning of potential grounds for disqualification of a trial judge
explaining that plain error review under our current Evidence Code “applies only to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after January 1, 2013” (cleaned up)
affirming murder conviction where the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed that defendant was one member of a group of persons involved in a fatal shooting
affirming murder conviction where the evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed that defendant was one member of a group of persons involved in a fatal shooting
assuming without deciding that a law enforcement officer’s testimony touched on the ultimate issue when he testified among other things that “[i]n my opinion and in what I consider the law[,] that is aggravated assault” (emphasis omitted)

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Judges: Blackwell, Hines, Benham, Hunstein

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