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Wade v. State

Citations

  • 368 S.E.2d 482
  • 258 Ga. 324
  • 1988 Ga. LEXIS 229

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that the trial court expressed no opinion by informing the jurors that their verdict was not proper and returning them to the jury room for further deliberations
  • recognizing that motive for the charged crime was proper subject matter for closing argument
  • recognizing that motive for the charged crime was proper subject matter for closing argument
  • holding that, because the defendant was tried “during the second regular term of court following the term in which his demand was filed,” he “was given a trial before ‘more than two regular terms of court (were) convened and adjourned after the term at which the demand (was
  • where jury returns ambiguous verdict, trial court may refuse to accept it and require the jury to continue deliberations
  • incorrect definition of malice as element of aggravated battery required reversal of death sentence

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Judges: Clarke, Weltner

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