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Wilson v. State

Citations

  • 675 S.E.2d 11
  • 285 Ga. 224
  • 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 1358
  • 2009 Ga. LEXIS 59

How courts have described this case

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

  • recognizing that \[a] detective's statement of opinion as to how a judge and jury might view a suspect's lack of cooperation does not relate to the charge or sentence facing the suspect\
  • recognizing that “[a] detective’s statement of opinion as to how a judge and jury might view a suspect’s lack of cooperation does not relate to the charge or sentence facing the suspect”
  • interrogator’s statement “to ‘help yourself out’ is an encouragement to tell the truth” and not an improper hope of benefit
  • “[a]n interrogator’s statement to an arrestee to ‘help yourself out’ is an encouragement to tell the truth and does not constitute an impermissible hope of benefit”
  • “[a]n interrogator’s statement to an arrestee to ‘help yourself out’ is an encouragement to tell the truth and does not constitute an impermissible hope of benefit”
  • “Exhortations to tell the truth are not a hope of benefit. . . .”

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Judges: Benham

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