Supreme Court of Georgia· 5/28/1996
Brown v. State
Citations
- 470 S.E.2d 652
- 266 Ga. 723
- 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 2022
- 1996 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.
- 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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20 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Morrow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2000-06-12· cited 90×
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-12· cited 56×
- Bagwell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1998-10-26· cited 44×
- Rivers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2015-01-20· cited 35×
- London v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 30×
- Corsini v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-06-02· cited 20×
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2002-06-10· cited 20×
- Patterson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-08-03· cited 12×
- Simon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-06-16· cited 12×
- Dawson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2016-11-21· cited 12×
- London v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2020-02-10· cited 9×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2004-09-13· cited 8×
- Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 2017-12-11· cited 8×
- Archer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-04-16· cited 6×
- Spann v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-03-05· cited 5×
- LeBlanc v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-02-05· cited 3×
- SEALS v. the STATE.Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-05-08· cited 1×
- Anthony Mates Collins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-10-25
- State v. Mikaila Lynne HinesCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-08-17
- Nickholas Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-10-12
Cites
6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- United States v. OwensSupreme Court· 1988-02-23· cited 997×
- Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1952-02-11· cited 42×
- Barksdale v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1995-02-13· cited 36×
- Constantino v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1979-05-02· cited 21×
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1996-04-29· cited 15×
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