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Patterson v. State

Citations

  • 650 S.E.2d 770
  • 287 Ga. App. 100
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 2658
  • 2007 Ga. App. LEXIS 886

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  • reversing conviction because no testimony regarding the identity of the alleged male driver of a car apart from registration listing defendant’s sister as the owner and both sister and defendant were unknown to the driver
  • reversing conviction because no testimony regarding the identity of the alleged male driver of a car apart from registration listing defendant’s sister as the owner and both sister and defendant were unknown to the driver
  • officer’s testimony concerning statements made to him by defendant’s mother was inadmissible hearsay
  • officer could not testify as to telephone conversation he heard between confidential informant and someone who purported to be defendant; police officer did not know defendant and was therefore unable to say that it was, in fact, defendant speaking on the other end of the telephone line
  • officer could not testify as to telephone conversation he heard between confidential informant and someone who purported to be defendant; police officer did not know defendant and was therefore unable to say that it was, in fact, defendant speaking on the other end of the telephone line

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Judges: Blackburn, Ruffin, Bernes

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