Supreme Court of Georgia
Davenport v. State
July 2, 2020309 Ga. 385
Summary
The court affirmed Davenport’s convictions, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdicts, any assumed error in admitting evidence of his ex-wife’s abuse was harmless, and the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting residual-hearsay evidence concerning prior abuse of the victim. The court also announced that, prospectively beginning with cases docketed for the December 2020 term, it would generally stop conducting sua sponte sufficiency review in non-death-penalty murder cases, while retaining discretion to do so in particular circumstances.