Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided May 13, 1988No. 74112PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Birdsong, Chief Judge.
On certiorari of our decision in Godfrey v. State, 183 Ga. App. 183 (358 SE2d 264), a majority of the Supreme Court held that “because of the lack of information regarding the fundamental nature of sleep talk,” the record in this case does not provide “sufficient indicia of reliability” in the circumstances of the statement to render it ad missible under OCGA § 24-3-16, as a “later statement” about the event that would otherwise be hearsay. Godfrey v. State, 258 Ga. 28 (365 SE2d 93).
However, we do not reverse the conviction. We also held in Division 2 of our decision…
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