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Allen v. State

Citations

  • 561 S.E.2d 397
  • 275 Ga. 64
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 910
  • 2002 Ga. LEXIS 246

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “It is the jury’s role to resolve conflicts in the evidence and determine the credibility of witnesses.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
  • defendant’s statement deemed voluntary although interview began early in the morning, several hours after arrest, and when defendant stated that he was tired
  • “[A] victim’s character is rarely relevant for any purpose in a criminal trial. While a defendant is entitled to effective cross-examination, he is not entitled to unfettered cross-examination, and the trial court has broad discretion in limiting its scope”
  • describing Alaska’s heightened admissibility requirement for third party evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hines, Carley

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