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Parker v. State

Citations

  • 296 Ga. 586
  • 769 S.E.2d 329
  • 2015 Ga. LEXIS 133

How courts have described this case

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

  • saying that “where the new Georgia rules [of evidence] mirror their federal counterparts, it is clear that the General Assembly intended for Georgia courts to look to the federal rules and how federal appellate courts have interpreted those rules for guidance”
  • saying that “where the new Georgia rules [of evidence] mirror their federal counterparts, it is clear that the General Assembly intended for Georgia courts to look to the federal rules and how federal appellate courts have interpreted those rules for guidance”
  • noting absence of catch-all provision in corresponding federal rule of evidence indicated intent of Georgia legislature to create an exclusive list
  • addressing whether the rules of evidence apply to a proceeding for issuance of a material witness certificate under the out-of-state witness act
  • “Thus, not every discrepancy between the wording of the new Evidence Code and the version of the Federal Rules of Evidence that was in effect on January 1, 2013, signifies a different meaning.”
  • “[W]here the new Georgia rules mirror their federal counterparts, it is clear that the General Assembly intended for Georgia courts to look to the federal rules and how federal appellate courts have interpreted those rules for guidance.”

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Judges: Nahmias

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