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White v. State

Citations

  • 581 S.E.2d 18
  • 276 Ga. 583
  • 3 Fulton County D. Rep. 1582
  • 2003 Ga. LEXIS 490
  • 3 FCDR 1582

How courts have described this case

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  • not necessary to consider additional hearsay ground where statements admissible under another exception
  • “[A] witness in a criminal trial may not testify about [an out-of-court] declarant’s statements based on the accused’s acquiescence or silence. However, [such a] declarant’s statements are admissible where the defendant adopts the statements as his own by his responses.”
  • inculpatory statement provided direct evidence that defendant committed murder

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Judges: Hines, Fletcher, Hunstein

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