Legal Opinion

Newsome v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 27, 1989No. 77094Published

1Opinion of the Court

Beasley, Judge.

The Supreme Court in State v. Newsome, 259 Ga. 187 (378 SE2d 125) (1989), has reversed the decision in Newsome v. State, 189 Ga. App. 329 (1) (375 SE2d 621) (1988). The judgment is therefore vacated.

The basis for reversal of the trial court by this court was the violation of OCGA § 15-12-171. Because of our ruling we did not pass upon defendant’s enumeration of error regarding the failure to supply him with a copy of his statement pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-210. Nevertheless, we noted that the law requires production only of custodial statements, Johnson v. State, 177 Ga. App. 705…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  2. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  3. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  4. Newsome v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988

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