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SANDERS v. STATE

No. S11A1406.

721 S.E.2d 834 (2012)

290 Ga. 445

SANDERS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 9, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deah Brittny Warren, Chaunda Brock, Austell, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., District Attorney, Paige Reese Whitaker, Christopher Michael Quinn, Asst. Dist. Attys., Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Jason Charles Fisher, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Richard Sanders of murder in the drive-by shooting of Demetrius Pearson.1 Sanders contends that he did not receive a fair trial because the trial court restricted his cross-examination of an eyewitness and the prosecutor improperly injected his character into evidence. Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in limiting impeachment related to a witness's first offender plea or denying...

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