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Young v. State

Citations

  • 847 S.E.2d 347
  • 309 Ga. 529

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  • concluding that any harmful effect of evidence that the appellant claimed was improperly admitted was diminished because it was “cumulative of other properly admitted evidence”
  • concluding that assumed error in admission of photo showing defendant with a gun was harmless, in part because “any harmful effect that the [ ] photo may have had was diminished” given the other evidence “pertaining to other pictures of [the defendant] with guns”
  • explaining that the harmful effect of a photograph of the defendant with a gun “was diminished because it was cumulative of other properly admitted evidence, which included evidence pertaining to other pictures of [the defendant] with guns”
  • although defendant told investigators, “I'm done talk- ing to you,” his comments following that statement “render[ed] the whole statement equivocal”
  • harmless er- ror to admit photo of defendant holding a gun where evidence of de- fendant’s guilt was strong and the evidentiary value of the photo was “marginal”
  • “A trial court’s decision as to whether a defendant made a knowing and intelligent waiver of his Miranda rights will not be disturbed on appeal unless clearly erroneous.” (citation and punctuation omitted)

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