Cross v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseIn 2003, appellant Brandon Cross was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the death of Debra Hymer, who was the mother of his girlfriend, Jessica Cates. On appeal, he contended the trial court erred by declining to allow him to impeach the hearsay statements of his co-conspirator Cates, by failing to charge the jury as to the burden of proof for co-conspirator statements, and by admitting three autopsy photographs and a video recording of the crime scene. He also argued that he should have been granted a new trial because the record was insufficiently complete. Finding no reversible error, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed.
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