Legal Opinion

JOHNSON v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 19, 2019No. A18A2132PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dillard, Chief Judge.

*667 Lillie Johnson appeals her conviction for one count of first-degree cruelty to a child, arguing that the trial court abused its discretion in (1) excluding evidence of child pornography discovered on a State witness's phone; (2) admitting evidence of text messages the State did not properly authenticate; and (3) failing to strike a prospective juror for cause. For the reasons set forth infra , we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, 1 the evidence shows that on October 7, 2015, Johnson gave birth to twins B. L. and R. L., whose father was her…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Olds v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  5. Hines v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982

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3Cited by9 opinions

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