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YANCEY v. STATE

No. S02A0843.

570 S.E.2d 269 (2002)

275 Ga. 550

YANCEY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold S. Gulliver, Atlanta, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bettieanne C. Hart, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Jill Maureen Zubler, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted James Yancey of the shooting death of Gregory Ferrell and the aggravated assault of Terrell Lofton.1 At trial, the trial court admitted the statement of Travis Sloan, the defendant's brother, under the necessity exception to the hearsay rule. The question in this appeal is whether a statement that a suspect makes during an official police investigation has sufficient indicia of reliability to be...

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