Court Opinion

ID: 9577043
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:31:10.194706+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:19:52.835621
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Beasley, Chief Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur fully in Division 2. With respect to Division 1, I agree that no reversible error occurred. The failure to charge the principle contained in OCGA § 24-4-6 did not constitute such an omission that Grier was deprived of a fair trial. See Roura v. State, 214 Ga. App. 43, 47 (2) (b) (2) (447 SE2d 52) (1994); Stubbs v. State, 215 Ga. App. 873, 876 (1) (452 SE2d 571) (1994) (Beasley, P. J., concurring specially); Yarn v. State, 215 Ga. App. 883, 886 (452 SE2d 537) (1994) (Beasley, P. J., concurring specially).
The court gave the “Direct and Circumstantial Evidence” charge set out in Suggested Pattern Jury Instructions, Vol. II: Criminal Cases (2d ed.), pp. 11-12, except the court omitted “or both” from the first paragraph and deleted the fourth paragraph entirely. That fourth paragraph is a verbatim recitation of OCGA § 24-4-6 except the paragraph adds the word “above.”
I agree that the court’s charge in this case should be given as our opinion urges.