Demons v. State

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that statements of murder victim to a friend before murder regarding defendant’s abusive tendencies towards victim were nontestimonial
• finding that nontestimonial statement was admissible under the res gestae exception to the hearsay rule
• explaining that the fact a statement is made to a friend without a reasonable expectation it will later be used at trial indicates the statement is nontestimonial
• \Testimony regarding discord in the relationship between [the defendant] and the victim does not constitute evidence of provocation or passion.\
• “Testimony regarding discord in the relationship between [the defendant] and the victim does not constitute evidence of provocation or passion.”
• hearsay statements were determined to be nontestimonial and thus not precluded by Crawford, but admissible under Georgia’s res gestae exception to the hearsay rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).