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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 534 S.E.2d 903
  • 244 Ga. App. 165
  • 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 2623
  • 2000 Ga. App. LEXIS 660

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  • testimony that victim “had been a ‘basket case’ since the attack” was properly admitted to corroborate victim’s rape allegation
  • “ ‘Evidence of doubtful relevancy or competency should be admitted and its weight left to the jurors.’ ”
  • testimony that victim “had been a ‘basket case’ since the attack” was properly admitted to corroborate victim’s rape allegation
  • A lineup showing a shirtless man when the attacker was shirtless “is far less suggestive than, for example, one in which the suspect is shown wearing the same clothing worn by the attacker.”

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Judges: Ruffin, Andrews, Ellington

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