140 Ga. App. 900 - Burrell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
March 1988
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harris v. State · Robinson v. State · Shouse v. State · Thornton v. Lane · Glass v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“The testimony that a witness received certain information upon which he acted is admissible not as independent evidence to establish the truth of such information, but as an inducement and explanation by the witness, that acting on such information, he discovered other facts connecting the accused with the crime in question. [Cit.] Hearsay testimony may be admitted for the purpose of explaining conduct. [Cit.] When offered and admitted for the purpose of explaining conduct and to ascertain motives, evidence which is otherwise hearsay becomes original evidence for that purpose. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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