Collins v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Collins’s convictions, holding that the evidence was constitutionally sufficient, that Collins waived any claim regarding the trial court’s denial of a mistrial, and that any hearsay admitted was harmless because it was cumulative. The court applied a de novo sufficiency review, an abuse‑of‑discretion standard to the waiver issue, and the harmless‑error doctrine to the hearsay question.