Publication Date: 2015-02-04
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Blackwell, Keith R.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas S. Robinson III Robinson Associates, Snellville, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Paige R. Whitaker, Deputy District Attorney, Lenny I. Krick, Senior Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Ryan A. Kolb, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S14A1531
The trial court had discretion to admit a witness's testimony that he was threatened about testifying in this case and put in protective custody to explain the witness's initial reluctance to speak