195 Ga. App. 355 - Latham v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2012
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Parks v. State · Baker v. State · 183 Ga. App. 414 - Fuqua v. State · 185 Ga. App. 141 - Hart v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Surrounding circumstances constituting part of the res gestae may always be shown to the jury along with the principal fact, and their admissibility is within the discretion of the trial court; it does not matter that the [circumstance] does not establish directly the main offense. 7”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rawls v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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