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Bolling v. State

Citations

  • 300 Ga. 694
  • 797 S.E.2d 872
  • 2017 WL 875045
  • 2017 Ga. LEXIS 159

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  • “[A] witness is unavailable under [OCGA § 24-8-804 (a) (5) where the State has] show[n] that reasonable, good-faith efforts to locate the witness were made.”
  • witness's statements made before plea offer were admissible to rebut suggestion that witness fabricated his testimony in order to receive benefit of a plea offer
  • witness’s statements made before plea offer were admissible to rebut suggestion that witness fabricated his testimony in order to receive benefit of a plea offer
  • prior consistent statement admissible where defense implicitly argued that witness had motive to lie that arose after statement was given
  • “When we consider the meaning of Rule 804, we may consider the decisions of federal appellate courts, particularly the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit, construing and applying our rule’s federal counterpart.”
  • “[T]he trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting [a witness’s] prior trial testimony [under Rule 804 (b) (1)] after concluding that the State made a reasonable effort to locate him” — i.e., after concluding that a witness was “unavailable” under Rule 804 (a) (5)

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Judges: Peterson

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