JACKSON v. STATE

No. A02A1375.

574 S.E.2d 420 (2002)

258 Ga. App. 357

JACKSON v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Robert M. Coker, Candace K. Slezak, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.


MIKELL, Judge.

A DeKalb County jury found Chartisia Jackson guilty of two counts of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of kidnapping. Jackson claims the trial court erred in allowing the state to introduce the hearsay testimony of Camara Griffin, Jackson's boyfriend, under the necessity exception to the hearsay rule. For the reasons set forth below, we disagree and affirm.

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