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Tucker v. State

Citations

  • 474 S.E.2d 696
  • 222 Ga. App. 517
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 3092
  • 1996 Ga. App. LEXIS 889

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  • bad faith of one side and prejudice to the other a prerequisite for imposition of OCGA § 17-16-6 sanctions
  • evidence should only be excluded due to a discovery violation when the defendant has demonstrated that he has been prejudiced and that the State acted in bad faith
  • “[Defendant made no showing that he was prejudiced as a result of the State’s failure to make the bloody knife available to him prior to trial.”
  • victim’s testimony that knife wounds seriously damaged his internal organs, even if inadmissible as a medical diagnosis, was merely cumulative of other admissible evidence of victim’s injuries and therefore did not constitute reversible error
  • motion to suppress should be filed before trial
  • where defendant made no showing that he was prejudiced as a result of the state’s failure to make certain evidence available to him prior to trial, the trial court was without authority under OCGA § 17-16-6 to exercise discretion and exclude the evidence from trial

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Judges: McMurray, Johnson, Ruffin

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