Payne v. State

1 Citing case

  1. Weathers v. State

    198 Ga. App. 871 (Ga. Ct. App. 1991)   Cited 12 times
    Explaining that the state made a prima facie showing of authenticity that the defendant's alleged accomplice had authored a letter to the District Attorney that offered to testify against defendant if his sentences were shortened, because despite the alleged accomplice's subsequent denial of authoring the letter, the letter bore the alleged accomplice's correct name and address, the contents of the letter “indicated that its author had first-hand detailed knowledge of how the crime had been committed,” and the alleged accomplice “had a peculiar interest” in penning the letter

    [Cits.]" Payne v. State, 154 Ga. App. 507 ( 269 S.E.2d 52) (1980). See also Dorsey v. State, 192 Ga. App. 657, 658 (2) ( 386 S.E.2d 167) (1989).