Legal Opinion

In the Interest of D. T.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 10, 2008No. A08A2251PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a bench trial in juvenile court, D. T. appeals an adjudication of delinquency, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and arguing that because he was promised to be taken home if he spoke to police, the juvenile court erred in admitting his statements to police as voluntary and as not induced by a hope of benefit. We hold that the evidence sufficed to sustain the adjudication in that the accomplice’s testimony identifying D. T. as a perpetrator was corroborated by D. T.’s own statements to police. Because the alleged benefit promised to D. T. (being…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Hanifa v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  2. Gibbs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  3. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
  5. In the Interest of J. A. F.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  2. Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  3. Price v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. State v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2011
  5. Duncan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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