Legal Opinion

Davenport v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 20, 2011No. S10G1355Published

1Opinion of the Court

711 S.E.2d 699 (2011)

289 Ga. 399

DAVENPORT

v.

The STATE.

No. S10G1355.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 20, 2011.

Head, Thomas, Webb & Willis, William C. Head, Atlanta, for appellant.

Barry Edward Morgan, Solicitor-General, Joseph W. Hudson, Assistant Solicitor-General, for appellee.

Charles Callison Olson, Tasha Monique Mosley, amici curiae.

BENHAM, Justice.

After the trial court denied appellant Emily Davenport's motion, filed under the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State, OCGA § 24-10-90 et seq. ("the Uniform Act"), to obtain evidence purportedly possessed by a…

Also in this document: Concurrence; Dissent.

2Cases cited36 opinions

  1. Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Shaffer v. HeitnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. McCorquodale v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974

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