274 Ga. App. 695 - Ford v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “[tjhere should be no communication which would tend in any manner to prejudice the accused (for instance, to hasten a verdict against him, or to induce jurors who might be for him to yield their convictions); and unless the character of the communication clearly shows that it could not have been prejudicial to the accused, the presumption of law would be that it was prejudicial, and the accused would be entitled to another trial. 3”

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

2. “We review a trial court's ruling on the admission of evidence under an abuse of discretion standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 297 - Gonzalez v. State