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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 627 S.E.2d 116
  • 277 Ga. App. 499

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  • indicating that it is for the factfinder to infer criminal intent from the defendant’s words, conduct, and demeanor
  • indicating that it is for the fact finder to infer criminal intent from the defendant’s words, conduct, and demeanor
  • explaining “that the defendant’s words or conduct communicated an indirect threat . . . may be inferred from . . . circumstances that cast what otherwise could be perceived as innocuous conduct in a different, sinister light”
  • testimony about defendants’ gang membership relevant to provide context of relationship amongst participants in crime
  • witness testimony, even if improper for lack of personal knowledge, was harmless because merely cumulative of another witness’s admissible testimony
  • sufficient evidence of threat when defendant made extended face-to-face contact with witness and witness testified about, inter alia, gang’s code of silence and consequences for violating same

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Judges: Bernes, Blackburn, Miller

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