Legal Opinion
State v. STEPHENS
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 13, 2020No. S19A1079PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
307 Ga. 615
FINAL COPY S19A1079. THE STATE v. STEPHENS et al. ELLINGTON, Justice. In this pending murder case involving multiple defendants,1 the State appeals from an order denying its pretrial motion to admit a witness’s out-of-court statement by reason of necessity because the witness, Harry Dimeco, is now dead. The trial court ruled that the statement was inadmissible under Crawford v. Washington,2 based on the court’s determinations that the witness’s statement was testimonial in nature and that the defendants were not afforded the opportunity to cross-examine the witness prior to his…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Michigan v. BryantSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Lindsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- McCord v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. GilmoreSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021
- State v. KenneySupreme Court of Georgia · 2023
- Dustin Barefoot v. Armond DensonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2022
- Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2026