Court Opinion

ID: 9610012
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 03:35:27.401647+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:55.761503
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Carley, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the judgment of the majority opinion. With regard to Division 8, dealing with the failure of the trial court to grant a mistrial based upon the State’s closing argument, I think it is very clear that appellant’s motion for mistrial made at the end of the prosecutor’s closing argument was timely. In Williams v. Memorial Medical Center, 218 Ga. App. 107, 109 (460 SE2d 558) (1995), the appellee argued that the trial court correctly refused to consider appellant’s objection at closing argument because it was not made until after counsel had finished his closing argument. The Court of Appeals rejected that contention and held that “[t]o the contrary, plaintiff’s objection made during trial was timely. [Cits.]” However, as the majority concludes, the trial court in this case correctly denied the motion for mistrial because the challenged closing argument was not improper.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Justice Fletcher and Justice Sears join in this opinion.