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Mangum v. State

Citations

  • 555 S.E.2d 451
  • 274 Ga. 573
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 3508
  • 2001 Ga. LEXIS 897

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  • holding that error in limiting defendant’s ability to potentially cross-examine State witnesses with pending criminal charges was not harmless when conviction was based largely on circumstantial evidence and hearsay testimony elicited from those witnesses
  • holding that error in limiting defendant’s ability to potentially cross-examine State witnesses with pending criminal charges was not harmless when conviction was based largely on circumstantial evidence and hearsay testimony elicited from those witnesses
  • disapproving the charge in a similar context, noting that “the challenged instruction... was certainly premature and an inaccurate statement of the law in a circumstance where the State elects not to pursue a retrial following mistrial resulting from a hung jury”
  • restriction of cross-examination concerning a witness's status in juvenile court due to concerns about the confidentiality of juvenile offender records yields to criminal defendant's right of confrontation
  • restriction of cross-examination concerning a witness’s status in juvenile court due to concerns about the confidentiality of juvenile offender records yields to criminal defendant’s right of confrontation
  • trial court improperly restricted defense counsel’s effort to show bias by cross-examining the State’s witness about his juvenile record

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Judges: Carley, Hunstein, Sears, Thompson

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