168 Ga. App. 587 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
November 1998
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mann v. State · Smith v. State · 159 Ga. App. 326 - Gilbert v. State · 159 Ga. App. 892 - Bearden v. State · 137 Ga. App. 371 - Daniels v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[a]ny apparently inconsistent testimony presented by the [child] does not render the [child] incompetent to testify as a matter of law, but is a matter for consideration by the trial court in making its determination of competency . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“As the absence of a prior statement ... fails to amount to a contradiction, there could be no impeachment under the provisions of OCGA § 24-9-83 .... [Cit.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State“what's the difference between the truth and a lie,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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