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Forde v. State

Citations

  • 658 S.E.2d 410
  • 289 Ga. App. 805
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 685
  • 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 206

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  • holding that because inadmissible evidence improperly allowed under the child hearsay statute was cumulative of other admissible evidence, the defendant did not show prejudice under the Strickland standard
  • statements contained in videotaped interview were made well after the alleged improper motive came into existence, and, therefore, was inadmissible hearsay
  • statements contained in videotaped interview were made well after the alleged improper motive came into existence, and, therefore, was inadmissible hearsay
  • where testimony showed defendant engaged in sexual battery of the minor victim both before and after the amendment of the relevant statute, and the jury returned a general verdict, the more lenient sentencing scheme from the earlier version of the statute must apply

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Judges: Blackburn, Miller, Ellington

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