GA 17-16-20 - GA 17-16-20

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Discovery applicable to misdemeanor cases. - Discovery provisions applicable to misdemeanor prosecutions are not the same as those applicable to felony prosecutions, and discovery requirements applicable to misdemeanors did not require the state to produce the items that the defendant claimed should have been produced, including police reports, copies of 9-1-1 recordings, crime scene photographs, the victim's criminal history, witness statements and repair records for the property the defendant damaged; the defendant admitted that the state provided the defendant with a copy of the accusation, as required by O.C.G.A. § 17-16-21 , as well as the state's witness list and a copy of the defendant's criminal record, so under the circumstances, the state complied with the stat...