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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 296 S.E.2d 598
  • 250 Ga. 166
  • 1982 Ga. LEXIS 1243

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • whether party seeking to use absent witness’s former testimony used due diligence to locate him is a factual question addressed to the trial court’s discretion
  • “Whether appellant exercised [due] diligence... was a factual question addressed to the trial judge’s discretion.”
  • “Whether appellant exercised [due] diligence . . . was a factual question addressed to the trial judge’s discretion.”
  • the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying a mistrial in a murder trial where a State witness improperly testified that the defendant previously had fired a gun at others under similar circumstances

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Judges: Bell, Smith

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