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Vaughn v. State

Citations

  • 281 S.E.2d 594
  • 248 Ga. 127
  • 18 A.L.R. 4th 735
  • 1981 Ga. LEXIS 938

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that improper admission of defendant’s confession was not harmless and, accordingly, reversing
  • holding that improper admission of defendant’s confession was not harmless and, accordingly, reversing
  • holding that improper admission of defendant’s confession was not harmless and, accordingly, reversing
  • overwhelming evidence of “guilt can negate the possibility that the constitutional error contributed to the conviction”
  • “Overwhelming evidence of the defendant’s guilt can negate the possibility that the constitutional error contributed to the conviction.”
  • constitutional error notwithstanding, conviction will be affirmed where error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt

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Judges: Clarke, Gregory, Hill, Jordan, Marshall, Smith

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