HOOD v. STATE

No. S16A0064.

786 S.E.2d 648 (2016)

299 Ga. 95

HOOD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Hunt Brumby, Jr. , Western Judicial Circuit Public Defender, Athens, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen. Paula Khristian Smith , Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Jon Richard Forwood , Asst. Dist. Atty., Brian Vance Patterson , Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, for appellee.


Appellant James Hood appeals his convictions for felony murder and other crimes in connection with the stabbing death of Christopher Coon. Two of Appellant's three claims on appeal raise issues under Georgia's new Evidence Code that this Court has not previously addressed. Concluding that the trial court committed no reversible...

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