Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 12, 1979No. 57892PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant was found guilty of the offense of terroristic threats. We affirm.

1. Appellant contends that since the proper foundation was not laid for the admission of evidence pertaining to phone calls allegedly received by the prosecutrix and her family, the prosecutrix’ testimony regarding such phone calls constituted inadmissible hearsay. We cannot agree with appellant’s contentions of error.

The prosecutrix properly established the authenticity of the phone calls she personally received from the defendant through her direct testimony of voice recognition. Shouse v. State, 231…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. McNeal v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  3. Pippin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  4. Shouse v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  5. State v. CollettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. State v. MorganSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1980
  2. Boone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  3. Johnson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District1984
  4. Parrish v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. Sanchez v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

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