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Jacobs v. The State

Publication Date: 2018-04-13
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Melton
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kristina Goodwin Connell (Connell Law Firm), Augusta, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew David O'Brien (Department of Law), Atlanta; Kevin Richard Majeska, William Patrick Doupé, Dennis C. Sanders (Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Thomson, for appellee.
Case Number: S17A1892

The evidence supported defendant's convictions related to the murder of his wife and the trial court did not err in allowing State to introduce into evidence certain statements the victim made before her death under the residual hearsay exception contained in O.C.G.A. § 24-8-807 of Georgias new Evidence Code.