Publication Date: 2003-07-25
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Benham, Robert
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald F. Samuel, William C. Lea Garland, Samuel and Loeb PC and Tony L. Axam Axam, Adams & Secret PA, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Bettieanne C. Hart, Deputy District Attorney, Anne E. Green, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S03A0473
The state improperly bolstered its witnesses' testimony by introducing their prior consistent statements through the testimony of a detective, even though the defense did not suggest on cross-examin