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SCOTT v. STATE

67088.

168 Ga. App. 631 (1983)

309 S.E.2d 904

SCOTT v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Craig, for appellant.

Sam B. Sibley, Jr., District Attorney, Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

Leroy Scott appeals from his conviction of armed robbery, contending that the trial court erred in giving a jury charge on the duty of citizens in trying a criminal case from Lyles v. State, 130 Ga. 294, 303 (60 SE 578) (1908), without including the qualifying phrase that jurors perform their duty to society ". . . just as truly in the vindication and acquittal of one who is innocent as . . . in the conviction and punishment of one who...

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