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discussed Cited as authority (rule) Leger v. State
Ga. · 2012 · confidence medium
Rather, “[a]ny statement or conduct of a person, indicating a consciousness of guilt, where such person is, at the time or thereafter, charged with or suspected of crime, is admissible against him upon his trial for committing it.” Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980) (Citations, punctuation and emphasis omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Anderson v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 2012 · confidence medium
Aldridge v. State, 229 Ga. App. 544 (1) ( 494 SE2d 368 ) (1997), citing Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Berryhill v. State
Ga. · 2009 · confidence medium
See Bridges v. State, 279 Ga. 351 ( 613 SE2d 621 ) (2005); Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980); Duncan v. State, 269 Ga. App. 4, 7 (2) ( 602 SE2d 908 ) (2004). *203 Decided March 27, 2009.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Aldridge v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1997 · confidence medium
“Any statement or conduct of a person, indicating a consciousness of guilt, where such person is, at the time or thereafter, charged with or suspected of crime, is admissible against him upon his trial for committing it.” (Citations, punctuation and emphasis omitted.) Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Gill v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1997 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Cf. Green v. State, 206 Ga. App. 42, 44 (3) ( 424 SE2d 646 ) (flight). “£ “Any statement or conduct of a person, indicating a consciousness of guilt, where such person is, at the time or thereafter, charged with or suspected of crime, is admissible against him upon his trial for committing it.” ’ ” (Emphasis omitted.) Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Curry v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1995 · confidence medium
Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980).” Parker v. State, 181 Ga. App. 590, 591 (2) ( 353 SE2d 83 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Byrd v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1988 · confidence medium
"Any statement or conduct of a person, indicating a consciousness of guilt, where such person is, at the time or thereafter, charged with or suspected of the crime, is admissible against him upon his trial for committing it." Hixon v. State, 130 Ga. 479, 482 (2) ( 61 SE 14 ) (1908); Moon v. State, 154 Ga. App. 312, 315-316 (5) ( 268 SE2d 366 ) (1980); Conner v. State, 160 Ga. App. 202, 203 (4) ( 286 SE2d 441 ) (1981); Parker v. State, 181 Ga. App. 590, 591 (2) ( 353 SE2d 83 ) (1987); Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Booth v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1987 · confidence medium
Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 ( 271 SE2d 471 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Tucker v. Kemp, Warden (2×)
SCOTUS · 1987 · confidence medium
See, e. g., Rose v. State, 249 Ga. 628, 631 , 292 S. E. 2d 678, 681 (1982); Zant v. Gaddis, 247 Ga. 717, 718 , 279 S. E. 2d 219, 220-221 , cert. denied, 454 U. S. 1037 (1981); Lackey v. State, 246 Ga. 331, 338 , 271 S. E. 2d 478, 484-485 (1980); Robinson v. State, 246 Ga. 469, 470-471 , 271 S. E. 2d 786, 788 (1980); Adams v. State, 246 Ga. 119, 122 , 271 S. E. 2d 11, 12-13 (1980); Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 , 271 S. E. 2d 471, 472-473 (1980).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Parker v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1987 · confidence medium
Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Tew v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1986 · confidence medium
Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 ( 271 SE2d 471 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Bogan v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1986 · confidence medium
The trial court properly charged the jury on the issue of flight. “ ‘ “Any statement or conduct of a person, indicating a consciousness of guilt, where such person is, at the time or thereafter, charged with or suspected of crime, is admissible against him upon his trial for committing it.” ’ ” Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 ( 271 SE2d 471 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Butler v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1984 · confidence medium
We find no error in the decision of the trial court to charge the jury on “flight.” “ ‘ “Any statement or conduct of a person, indicating a consciousness of guilt, where such person is, at the time or thereafter, charged with or suspected of crime, is admissible against him upon his trial for committing it.” ’ ” Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 ( 271 SE2d 471 ).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Bailey v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1982 · confidence medium
Accord, Moon v. State, 154 Ga. App. 312, 315-316 ( 268 SE2d 366 ) (1980); Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980); Conner v. State, 160 Ga. App. 202, 203 (4) ( 286 SE2d 441 ) (1981). 4.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Jones v. State
Ga. Ct. App. · 1981 · confidence medium
See Tucker v. State, 245 Ga. 68, 71 ( 263 SE2d 439 ); Franklin v. State, 245 Ga. 141, 154 ( 263 SE2d 666 ); Blair v. State, 245 Ga. 611, 616 ( 266 SE2d 214 ); Adams v. State, 246 Ga. 119, 122 ( 269 SE2d 11 ); Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 ( 271 SE2d 471 ).
discussed Cited "see" Anderson v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 2012 · signal: accord · confidence high
Accord Hughes v. State, 297 Ga.App. 581, 584 (2), 677 S.E.2d 674 (2009). [20] (Punctuation omitted.) Hughes, supra, citing Phillips, supra, 284 Ga.App. at 228(1)(b), 644 S.E.2d 153 . [21] Supra at 213-214(3), 661 S.E.2d 618 . [22] (Footnote omitted.) Romani v. State, 303 Ga. App. 829, 830 (1), 695 S.E.2d 303 (2010). [23] Nguyen v. State, 273 Ga. 389, 398 (3), 543 S.E.2d 5 (2001) (trial court did not abuse discretion in admitting evidence of defendant's attempt to influence witness's testimony as showing consciousness of guilt). [24] Aldridge v. State, 229 Ga.App. 544 (1), 494 S.E.2d 368 (1997)…
discussed Cited "see" Burdett v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 1981 · signal: see · confidence high
See Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (3) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980); Lackey v. State, 246 Ga. 331, 337 (11) ( 271 SE2d 478 ) (1980).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Duncan v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 2004 · signal: see also · confidence medium
See also Trew v. State, 244 Ga. App. 76, 77-78 (1) ( 534 SE2d 804 ) (2000). 3 OCGA § 16-6-5 (a). 4 Jackson v. Virginia, supra. 5 Glisson v. State, 181 Ga. App. 585 (1) ( 353 SE2d 202 ) (1987); see also Tew, supra at 78 (2). 6 Duncan retained new counsel for trial. 7 229 Ga. App. 544 ( 494 SE2d 368 ) (1997). 8 (Citation and punctuation omitted.) Id. at 545 (1). 9 Id. at 544 (1), citing Bridges v. State, 246 Ga. 323, 324 (2) ( 271 SE2d 471 ) (1980). 10 See generally Turner v. State, 237 Ga. App. 642, 644 (3) ( 516 SE2d 343 ) (1999) (evidence of flight admissible to show consciousness of guilt; …
Bridges
v.
the State
36397.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Sep 10, 1980.
271 S.E.2d 471
Daniel Kane, for appellant., Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert, III, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Marshall.
Cited by 29 opinions  |  Published
Marshall, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of a felony murder during an armed robbery, and his life sentence.

1. There was evidence adduced to the following effect. On April 5, 1979, the appellant, Freddy Wren, the victim (Hipp), and the appellant’s nephew (who was staying with his uncle in his rooming house) were in the appellant’s room. The victim went out and returned with a bottle of liquor after the others had gone out and returned from an errand. The victim left the room again, then the appellant and Wren came in and out of the room several times. People were heard running up the steps and then the appellant and Wren came back into the room with some money, which they split between themselves. The two then took the appellant’s hammer out of the room, then a voice sounding like the victim’s yelled, “Don’t hit me.” The sounds of running up the steps and scuffling on the roof were heard, then the victim fell off the roof onto the ground. When the nephew asked the appellant what had happened, he was told to shut up.

Approximately four days later, the appellant threatened to rape a woman in Carrollton, saying that he would kill her like he had the man in Atlanta on a Thursday, who had been buried on Saturday — which incident led to the appellant’s arrest. The appellant’s glasses were found on the roof from which the victim fell, and blood of the same type as the victim’s was found on the appellant’s hammer, knife and shoes. The death was caused by blows which could have been produced by the appellant’s hammer and knife. The appellant told his parole officer, after receiving Miranda warnings, that he had agreed to Wren’s suggestion to rob the victim, and that he and Wren had beat the victim while they were on the roof. Wren testified that the appellant knocked down the victim’s door; that they both “shook him up”; that the appellant took the victim’s money and gave it to Wren; and that he had seen the appellant hit the victim with the hammer. The appellant, though testifying that Wren had committed the robbery, did admit that he himself had kicked the victim in the ribs while he was lying on the ground.

The above evidence was sufficient to enable a rational trier of[*324] fact to find the defendant guilty as charged beyond a reasonable doubt.

Submitted June 27, 1980 Decided September 10, 1980. Daniel Kane, for appellant. Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert, III, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

2. The trial court did not err in denying the appellant’s motion for mistrial upon the introduction of testimony of the appellant’s nephew — that a woman came out of her trailer in Carrollton “hollering rape” about 15 minutes after the appellant entered the trailer — and of testimony by the attempted rape victim that he said he had “killed a guy...” in Atlanta “on a Thursday and he \yas buried on Saturday,” and that he had threatened to kill her “like he had the other person.”

“ ‘Any statement or conduct of a person, indicating a consciousness of guilt, where such person is, at the time or thereafter, charged with or suspected of crime, is admissible agáinst him upon his trial for committing it.’ Hixon v. State, 130 Ga. 479, 482 (62 SE 14), and cases therein cited.” (Emphasis supplied.) Ryals v. State, 23 Ga. App. 86 (1) (97 SE 444) (1918).

3. The appellant asserts that the following charge was impermissibly burden-shifting in violation of Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U. S. 510 (99 SC 2450, 61 LE2d 39) (1979):

“I charge you that the acts of a person of sound mind and discretion are presumed to be the product of a person’s will. And a person of sound mind and discretion is presumed to intend the natural and probable consequences of his acts. But both of these presumptions may be rebutted. ” (Emphasis supplied.)

This charge is basically identical to that approved in Skrine v. State, 244 Ga. 520 (260 SE2d 900) (1979). Furthermore, the judge here charged additionally on burden of proof; reasonable doubt; credibility of witnesses; direct and circumstantial evidence; criminal intent as a necessary element, and that it could not be presumed. The charge as a whole created merely permissive and rebuttable presumptions, hence was not erroneous, particularly in view of the fact that the jury found the defendant guilty of felony murder, rather than malice murder.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.