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Mize v. State

The bloodied victim's statements to an investigating officer were admissible as part of the res gestae.

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This appeal from criminal convictions challenges the admission into evidence of statements made by the victim to the police and the sufficiency of the evidence. The challenges are without merit, so we affirm the convictions. On September 3, 1998, a police officer went to a home in Buford, Georgia to investigate a domestic violence call. When he arrived at the home, the officer encountered David Mize, who appeared to be inebriated. As the officer spoke with Mize outside the residence, Mize’s wife, Martha Mize, came out of the home. Her face was covered in blood and her right arm was injured. She told the officer that Mize had beaten her. At that point the officer arrested Mize and called for paramedics to come to the scene.

Paramedics arrived in an ambulance. They treated Ms. Mize and advised her to go to the hospital. She refused to go to the hospital with the paramedics, saying that she wanted to wait for her daughter to come to the home.

 
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