Publication Date: 2001-12-07
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Donald J. Jordan Adams, Jordan & Treadwell PC, Brian G. Combs, Milledgeville, and Patrick Keenan Southern Ctr. for Human Rights, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Fredric D. Bright, District Attorney, Gray, Thurbert E. Baker Jr., Attorney General, and Karen A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Center, Michael Mears MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta, and Linda A. Malone William and Mary College Sch. of Law, Williamsburg, Va.
Case Number: S01P1069
The trial court's error in allowing the state's opening comments and testimony about the victims' worth and the impact of their deaths was harmless in light of the state's corroborating evidence tha