Spearman v. State

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• State proposed several “options” to mistrial, but defendant suggested no alternative
• State proposed several \options\ to mistrial, but defendant suggested no alternative
• no abuse of discretion in declaring mistrial based on prosecution witness’s unavailability, which was due solely to an unforeseeable accident that occurred the weekend before the trial, where there was no evidence that prosecution knew of witness’s unavailability before beginning trial

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ogletree v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-10-07· cited 11×
• Laguerre v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2017-05-01· cited 9×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-04-28· cited 7×
• McGee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-09-26· cited 5×
• State v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-20· cited 3×
• Hightower v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2023-01-18· cited 3×
• James Russell Sanders v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2021-02-04

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Arizona v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 2,314×
• Laster v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-06-30· cited 53×
• Burleson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-10-25· cited 22×
• Cooke v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-01-23· cited 22×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-04-27· cited 10×
• Humphrey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-06· cited 9×
• Terrell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-01-29· cited 8×
• Spencer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-09-18· cited 8×