Nance v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Questions of credibility are for the jury to decide (OCGA § 24-9-80), and OCGA § 17-8-57 prohibits judges in criminal cases from expressing or intimating their opinion on what has or has not been proven, and mandates reversal for any violation of the Code section. The trial judge’s comments were limited in their scope and did not in fact [bolster] the witness’ credibility in general or his credibility with regard to any fact at issue in the trial or with regard to the guilt or innocence of appellant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. John v. State