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177 Ga. App. 547

Robbins v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 8, 1986

Court of Appeals of Georgia · decided 1986-01-08

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently May 2019

4 state decisions

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Decided 1986-01-08

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Banke, Chief Judge,

¶1concurring specially.

¶2I concur fully in the majority’s ruling that the appearance of a witness in prison garb is not error which will enable the defendant to obtain a new trial. However, having clearly set forth such a decision, the majority opinion goes on to suggest, unnecessarily, that a different result might obtain in cases where the prison garb is not “sufficiently ‘civilian,’ ” or in cases where the status of the witness is not revealed in testimony. Since I do not believe such circumstances would require a different result, I respectfully disassociate myself from that portion of the majority opinion.

¶3I am authorized to state that Presiding Judge McMurray joins in this special concurrence.

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