GA 16-10-93 - GA 16-10-93

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Warning as to consequences of perjury. - Party's warning to a witness that if the witness knowingly made false statements under oath, the witness could be prosecuted for perjury, did not constitute an attempt to illegally influence a witness. Hodges v. Tomberlin, 170 Ga. App. 842 , 319 S.E.2d 11 (1984). Admission of indictment for other offenses. - In a prosecution for influencing witnesses and criminal trespass, a copy of an indictment in another case charging defendant with aggravated child molestation of witnesses was admissible. Thomas v. State, 227 Ga. App. 469 , 489 S.E.2d 561 (1997). No abuse of discretion in refusing to sever charges. - Trial court did not abuse the court's discretion by refusing to sever the defendant's drug charges from the defendant's trial on...