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McConnell v. State

Citations

  • 304 S.E.2d 733
  • 166 Ga. App. 530
  • 1983 Ga. App. LEXIS 2236

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  • holding that past crimes may corroborate an accomplice’s testimony regarding a current crime when the modus operandi of the crimes are similar
  • modus operandi of a series of burglaries considered as part of extraneous evidence corroborating accomplice’s testimony
  • issue was whether prior oral statements of accomplice admitted as substantive evidence were properly corroborated
  • issue was whether prior oral statements of accomplice admitted as substantive evidence were properly corroborated
  • Modus operandi of a series of burglaries constituted independent evidence corroborating accomplice’s testimony.
  • Modus operandi of a series of burglaries constituted independent evidence corroborating accomplice’s testimony.

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Judges: Birdsong, Shulman, McMurray

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