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· 4/24/2012

McNaughton v. State

Citations

  • 725 S.E.2d 590
  • 290 Ga. 894

How courts have described this case

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

  • upholding admissibility of mother’s uncontradicted statements to daughters because evidence showed the victim had a close family relationship with the witnesses and regularly confided in them
  • trial court did not abuse its discretion by finding guarantees of trustworthiness where the murder victim made statements about her husband's hostility toward her to a close family member, placed confidence in the witness, and turned to the witness for help with personal problems

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Judges: Divisions, Hunstein, Thompson

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