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← 260 Ga. 170 - Schirato v. State

Schirato v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1990

Citation profile

20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
January 2004
most recently cited

20 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Smith v. Francis · Crawford v. State · Wilson v. State

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “Where, as here, counsel has made statements regarding prejudicial matters not in evidence before the jury, OCGA § 17-8-75 provides the trial court with discretion to order a mistrial. His [or her] refusal to do so, coupled with appropriate curative instructions and admonishment of state's counsel, absent manifest abuse, will not be reversed.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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