265 Ga. App. 756 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
January 2012
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Milam v. State · 244 Ga. App. 500 - McElroy v. State · 165 Ga. App. 881 - Sims v. State · 262 Ga. App. 806 - Mitchell v. State · Bridges v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“As a general rule, the need, breadth, and formation of additional jury instructions are left to the sound discretion of the trial court. When the jury requests more instructions upon a particular phase of the case, the trial court is under a duty to instruct them in a plain, clear manner so as to enlighten rather than confuse them. The court may respond to a jury's question by repeating charges which are legally sufficient and not misleading. But it is not necessarily error for the court to respond with a direct answer. The critical issue is whether the charge taken as a whole presents the issues in a way not likely to confuse a jury of average intelligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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