Supreme Court of Georgia· 5/16/2023

Moody v. State

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888 S.E.2d 109
316 Ga. 490

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holding that nurse’s testimony that based on her experience defendant did not appear to be mentally deficient was admissible as lay evidence under Rule 701
holding that an objection to a prosecutor’s closing remark that the defense’s argument was “offensive” to the jury would have been “meritless”
explaining that when a defendant fails to object to the admission of evidence at trial, “we apply the four-pronged [plain error] analysis articulated in State v. Kelly”
nurse’s testimony that based on her experience defendant did not appear to be mentally deficient was admissible as lay evidence under Rule 701
“In the past, we have assumed that there could be a due process problem if the State uses inherently factually contradictory theories, while at the same time we have noted that there is perhaps some doubt as to whether such a due process right 11 exists.” (citation and punctuation omitted

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