Dixon v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Presiding Judge.
This robbery by force conviction is reversed and a new trial granted because the trial court in three instances allowed, over objection, the hearsay testimony of investigators concerning incriminatory information received by them from third persons. We have examined the evidence in light of the decision of Teague v. State, 252 Ga. 534 (314 SE2d 910), and do not find the illegal evidence was cumulative, nor can we say that it was highly probable the errors did not contribute to the judgment so as to render them harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. Teague, supra;…
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