252 Ga. App. 849 - Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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1. “It is clear that, under Head , absent * a compelling reason to do otherwise, trial counsel should have moved the trial court to bifurcate the trial so that the jury could consider whether [Vann] committed the other offenses before hearing proof of the firearm possession offense and without the taint of bad character evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 Ga. App. 238 - Vann v. State

2. “But even if the prior conviction was mentioned only once, trial counsel did not request a charge that the jury limit its consideration of the prior conviction to the charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 Ga. App. 238 - Vann v. State

3. “[T]he jurors likely felt free to consider the evidence for whatever purpose they saw fit, including improperly judging [Vann's] character and credibility.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 266 Ga. App. 238 - Vann v. State