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explaining that "[t]o reverse a conviction, the evidence of the defendant’s election to remain silent must point directly at the substance of the defendant’s defense or otherwise substantially prejudice the defendant in the eyes of the jury."
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DECIDED OCTOBER 7, 1980.
Divorce judgment set aside. Clayton Superior Court. Before Judge Miller.
Grace W. Thomas, for appellant.
Monroe Ferguson, for appellee.
Appellant has not followed the appeal procedures required by law in domestic relations cases (Ga. Laws 1979, p. 619; Code Ann. § 6-701.1).
Appeal dismissed. All the Justices concur.