Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 20, 2008No. A08A0352Published

1Opinion of the Court

Phipps, Judge.

Shanna Mitchell was convicted of first degree forgery based on evidence that she assisted her sister, co-indictee Denise Rucker, in attempting to have a pharmacy fill a fraudulent prescription. In this appeal of her conviction, Mitchell contends that the trial court erred in admitting an alleged confession she made to a criminal investigator, in admitting testimony from the pharmacist concerning prior dealings with her, and in allowing the prosecutor to read from a transcript of Rucker’s guilty plea hearing during his cross-examination of Rucker at trial. Finding no merit in any…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Douglas v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Wall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  3. Livingston v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
  4. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  5. Porter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977

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