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FORD v. STATE

No. S98A0042.

498 S.E.2d 58 (1998)

269 Ga. 139

FORD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James David Michael, Gayle Denise Brown, Decatur, for Wayne Lee Ford.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Barbara Blaine Conroy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Decatur, Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Elizabeth Lewis Jaeger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Defendant Wayne Lee Ford was convicted of malice murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.1 He appeals, asserting the trial court erred in excluding evidence which would have suggested that someone else committed the crime, and in refusing to grant a mistrial when a detective commented on his right to remain silent. Finding no error, we affirm.

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