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Owens v. State

Citations

  • 284 S.E.2d 408
  • 248 Ga. 629
  • 1981 Ga. LEXIS 1081

How courts have described this case

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

  • relevant evidence is that “which logically tends to prove or to disprove a material fact which is at issue in the case”
  • relevant evidence is that \which logically tends to prove or to disprove a material fact which is at issue in the case\
  • standard for reviewing nonconstitutional errors in criminal cases is highly probable test
  • due to strength of evidence against defendant, harmless error to allow defendant’s taped statement that he meant to shoot the victim to go out with jury where defendant testified at trial that the shooting was accidental

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Judges: Jordan

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