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Rickman v. State

Citations

  • 816 S.E.2d 4
  • 304 Ga. 61

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

  • noting that “a trial court may under some circumstances allow a motion for new trial to be amended implicitly by treating a claim as if it had been raised in the motion”
  • stating that, because provisions of the current Evidence Code governing the admission of demonstrative evidence mirror the Federal Rules of Evidence, the interpretation of those provisions is guided by the decisions of the federal appellate courts
  • reviewing unpreserved claim contesting the admission of photographs used as a demonstrative aid for plain error
  • relying on Cowart v. State, 294 Ga. 333 (751 SE2d 399) (2013
  • “a trial court may under some circumstances allow a motion for new trial to be amended implicitly by treating a claim as if it had been raised in the motion,” but a trial court’s failure to rule indicates an absence of such amendment

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Judges: Hines

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