Legal Opinion

Chambers v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 1, 1992No. A92A0454PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Andrews, Judge.

Chambers appeals his conviction for incest and child molestation.

1. In his first enumeration of error, Chambers contends that the trial court erred in allowing the victim/witness director of the county district attorney’s office to testify regarding the contents of a conversation she had with the victim. Chambers claims that the prosecution was barred from calling this witness because in doing so the prosecution essentially vouched for the credibility of one of its own staff members.

Pretermitting the issue of whether the objection was properly preserved, we find this argument…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Timberlake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  3. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  4. Worth v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
  5. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Pickens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
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  3. State v. BurnsSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. State v. Pena-RojasSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
  5. Warner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006

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