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Brown v. State

Citations

  • 470 S.E.2d 652
  • 266 Ga. 723
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 2022
  • 1996 Ga. LEXIS 246

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  • there must be a sufficient basis for a witness to identify a person with whom he spoke over the telephone before testifying to the contents of the conversation
  • defendant’s identification of himself over telephone, combined with other evidence, sufficient to establish identity
  • “Georgia law requires that there be a sufficient basis for a witness to identify a person with whom he spoke over the telephone, before testifying as to the contents of the conversation.”
  • witness had sufficient basis to testify that he had a telephone conversation with defendant when he dialed number given to him for defendant, asked for defendant, and spoke to man identifying himself as defendant
  • “Georgia law requires that there be a sufficient basis for a witness to identify a person with whom he spoke over the telephone, before testifying as to the contents of the conversation.”
  • “The [S]ixth [A]mendment . . . is satisfied if a defendant is given the opportunity to cross-examine a forgetful witness about his bias, his lack of care and attentiveness, and even the very fact that he has a bad memory.”

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Judges: Fletcher

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