Court: failure to give confession‑corroboration instruction not plain error
The Georgia Supreme Court found that omission of a specific jury instruction on statutory confession corroboration did not constitute plain error because the State introduced ample independent corroboration of Jester’s recorded statements.
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The Supreme Court concluded that the trial court’s failure to give a discrete jury instruction on the statutory requirement that a confession be corroborated (OCGA § 24-8-823) did not amount to plain error in Jquantae Jester’s trial. The court applied the plain-error standard because defense counsel did not request the instruction or object to its omission at trial.
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