Court Opinion

ID: 9596148
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:46:30.936554+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:05:01.193112
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Quillian, Judge,
dissenting. While I agree that the remarks
made by plaintiff’s counsel were improper, in my opinion the judge’s corrective action in instructing the jury to disregard the argument objected to together with admonishing counsel not to touch upon the matter again was sufficient and thus the refusal to grant a mistrial was not a manifest abuse of discretion. “The trial court has a broad discretion in considering a motion for mistrial based on alleged improper arguments of counsel, and its discretion will not be disturbed unless manifestly abused. Where the court promptly instructed the jury to disregard the alleged improper remarks and rebuked the attorney making them, it was not error to refuse to grant the motion for a mistrial.” (Emphasis supplied.) McCoy v. Scarborough, 73 Ga. App. 519 (5) (37 SE2d 221) and cases cited.