182 Ga. App. 635 - Anglin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “[w]hile we, like the trial court or jury, might find [appellant's testimony] incredible, issues of credibility are for the factfinder, the jury, not for the court as a matter of law. The failure to give the requested charges which in reality formed the basis of [appellant's] sole defense, effectively removed this issue from the jury's determination. `An instruction which, while stating the nature of the charge or of the evidence against the accused, omits to charge the jury as to the defense set up by him is error, unless the defense upon which the accused relies is properly submitted to the jury in other parts of the charge .... Where there is only one defense on which a party relies, failure to instruct the jury as to the evidence supporting this defense, so specifically that the jury will ... do so intelligently, under pertinent rules of law and evidence, practically withdraws that defense, and to that extent prejudices the defendant's right to a fair and impartial trial.' [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 185 Ga. App. 319 - Studdard v. State