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Turner v. State

Citations

  • 641 S.E.2d 527
  • 281 Ga. 647
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 516
  • 2007 Ga. LEXIS 162

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  • holding that proper purposes include common scheme and course of conduct
  • concluding the victim’s statements “indicating that he would not commit suicide and that his wife would probably have something to do with it if he died” were nontestimonial because he was speaking with close friends without any expectation the statements would later be used at a trial
  • consistent statements to close friends in whom victim confided both at work and as confidants outside of work carried particularized guarantees of trustworthiness
  • consistent statements to close friends in whom the victim confided carried particularized guarantees of trustworthiness
  • victim’s statements to close friends who were also police officers were nontesti-monial
  • Crawford rule does not apply to nontestimonial hearsay

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Judges: Melton

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