Routh v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Routh's convictions, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in limiting cross‑examination of the lead detective about his statement on the shooter and in excluding the detective’s lay opinion on the age of fingerprints. The court reasoned that such limits were permissible under established discretion standards and that the detective lacked the requisite expertise to testify on fingerprint timing.