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OWENS v. STATE

No. A01A0581.

550 S.E.2d 464 (2001)

250 Ga. App. 61

OWENS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

June 11, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd J. Matthews, for appellant.

Tommy K. Floyd, Dist. Atty., Sandra A. Graves, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

BLACKBURN, Chief Judge.

Following a jury trial, Billy Lee Owens appeals his conviction for theft by receiving stolen property, contending that the trial court erred by not granting a mistrial after a witness testified that he was on parole at the time he committed the offense. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Motions for mistrial are largely in the discretion of the trial judge, especially where the cause of the motion lies in the voluntary remark...

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