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JOHNSON v. STATE

S17A0313.

800 S.E.2d 545 (2017)

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 30, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Elizabeth Heinen , THE APPELLATE DIVISION-GPDC, 104 Marietta St. NW, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Matthew Minsoo Youn , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW 40 Capitol Square, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, DEKALB COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 656 North McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.

Appellant Benjamin Johnson was convicted of murder in connection with the stabbing death of his brother, Timothy Johnson.1 The trial court denied Johnson's amended motion for new trial, and he now appeals, asserting error in the admission of hearsay testimony concerning a prior altercation between the...

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