State v. Wilkins

BOGGS, Justice.

The State appeals from the trial court’s order granting Nathaniel Willie Wilkins’ pretrial motion in limine to exclude incriminating statements made by his co-defendant Michael Dontaa Jones with regard to a 2013 double murder. The trial court held that some of the statements, while made by a co-conspirator, were not made “in furtherance of the conspiracy” and thus did not fall within the exception to the hearsay rule provided by OCGA § 24-8-801 (d) (2) (E). Because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in so doing, we affirm.

Wilkins and Jones were indicted by a Chatham…