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Jones v. the State

Citations

  • 339 Ga. App. 95
  • 791 S.E.2d 625
  • 2016 Ga. App. LEXIS 559

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that because nothing in the trial court’s order indicated it did not consider the defendant’s conviction as the “thirteenth juror,” this Court will not presume otherwise
  • informant’s portion of recording not hearsay when offered to provide context to defendant’s portion of conversation
  • failure to provide citations to the record and legal authorities in support of a contention abandons it for appellate review
  • out-of-court statements offered not for their truth, but rather to place the defendant’s statements in context, are not hearsay
  • informant’s portion of recording not hearsay when offered to provide context 3 We note that Walker’s statement indicating that Claron had admitted to shooting Reed was a fact independently established at trial and emphasized by the defendant. 9 to defendant’s portion of conversation

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Judges: Dillard, Peterson, Phipps, Divisions

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