STATE v. ORR

S18G0994.

827 S.E.2d 892 (2019)

The STATE v. ORR.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luke Anthony Martin , A.D.A., Leigh Ellen Patterson , District Attorney, Floyd County District Attorney's Office, 3 Government Plaza, Suite 108, Rome, Georgia 30161, for Appellant.

Michael Scott Carlson , Deputy Chief A.D.A., John Stuart Melvin , D. Victor Reynolds , District Attorneys, Amelia Greeson Pray , John Richard Edwards , A.D.A., Cobb County District Attorney's Office, 70 Haynes Street, Marietta, Georgia 30090, for Amicus Appellant.

Benjamin Henry Pierman , McCurdy & Candler LLC, 160 Clairemont Avenue, Ste 550, Decatur, Georgia 30030, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law 40, Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee.


We granted a writ of certiorari in this case to determine whether Georgia's new Evidence Code abrogates the categorical rule this Court announced in Division 5 of Mallory v. State, 261 Ga. 625, 409 S.E.2d 839 (1991), which excludes evidence of...

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