17-8-75 refers to trial court’s independent duty, after defense counsel’s objection, to rebuke the prosecutor, give an appropriate curative instruction, or grant a mistrial in the event that the prosecutor has injected into the case prejudicial statements on matters outside of the evidence). 28 O’Neal, supra at 223 (2) (citations and punctuation omitted). 29 Arrington v. State, 286 Ga. 335, 346 (16) (a) (687 SE2d 438) (2009); see Collins v. State, 289 Ga. 666, 668 (2) (715 SE2d 136) (2011) (“Despite the improper questioning by the prosecutor, reversal of the conviction is not warranted, where there is overwhelming evidence of guilt or overwhelming evidence refuting the defendant’s claim of [an affirmative defense].”) (citations omitted); O’Neal, supra. 30 See Collins, supra at 667-669 (<HOLDING>); see also O’Neal, supra; Arrington, supra. 31
holding the error harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt holding that while the prosecutors question was improper in light of the overwhelming evidence there was no reversible error in the denial of defendants motion for mistrial holding the denial of a proper question is always reversible error holding that prosecutors remarks were harmless in light of overwhelming evidence against defendants holding that error from the erroneous admission of evidence was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of the defendants guilt