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← 266 GAAPP 602 - Pope v. State

Pope v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2004

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 2010
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Woodard v. State · 226 Ga. App. 254 - Taylor v. State · 178 Ga. App. 742 - Whisnant v. State · 186 Ga. App. 892 - Palmer v. State

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “[t]his argument misconstrues what it means for a witness’s veracity to be attacked. “(A) witness’s veracity is placed in issue so as to permit the introduction of a prior consistent statement only if affirmative charges of recent fabrication, improper influence, or improper motive are raised during cross-examination.” Woodard[v. State], 269 Ga. [317, 320 (2) ( 496 SE2d 896 ) (1998)]. Further, “(u)nless a witness’s veracity has affirmatively been placed in issue, the witness’s prior consistent statement is pure hearsay evidence, which cannot be admitted merely to corroborate the witness, or to bolster the witness’s credibility in the eyes of the jury.”... Id.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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