LOPEZ v. STATE

S21A0322.

857 S.E.2d 467 (2021)

LOPEZ v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 5, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sara S Becker , Drew Eckl Farnham , Suite 3500, 303 Peachtree Street North, Decatur, Georgia 30308, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 North McDonough Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030, Sherry Boston , District Attorney, DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 N. McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.


Fernando Lopez appeals his conviction for malice murder for the stabbing death of Corey Williams.1 Lopez argues that the trial court admitted improper hearsay evidence against him: Williams's dying statements describing the stabbing and his assailant and Williams's statements describing his previous...

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