Georgia v. Brinkley
Annotate this CaseDemarcus Brinkley was charged with the kidnapping, attempted rape, and murder of Mariam Khalid Abdulrab. After the police identified him as a suspect for those crimes, Brinkley fled, leading officers in a high speed car chase. During the chase, Brinkley apparently told his mother on the phone that he did not want to pull over because he did not want to go back to prison. The trial court granted Brinkley’s pretrial motion to exclude this statement under OCGA § 24-4-403, and the State appealed. Because the Georgia Supreme Court concluded the trial court misapplied the Rule 403 standard, it vacated the trial court's order and remanded for further consideration under the correct standard.
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