# Momon v. State

> Supreme Court of Georgia · September 8, 1982 · 249 Ga. 865

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9579336

## Case

- **Full name:** Momon v. the State
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Georgia
- **Decided:** September 8, 1982
- **Citations:** 249 Ga. 865; 294 S.E.2d 482; 1982 Ga. LEXIS 929
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Jordan
- **Judges:** Hill, Jordan, Marshall, Smith
- **Cited by:** 169 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining “Code [section] 38-302 [predecessor to section 24-3-2] should be understood not as an exception to the rule against hearsay but as an explanation of what is not hearsay”

## Opinion text

Jordan, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
My reason for dissenting is that I consider the standard laid down in the majority opinion too severely restricts the application of Code § 38-302. While the use of that Code Section by law enforcement officers has perhaps been abused at times, I do not find this sufficient reason for restricting its application in proper cases. I therefore dissent to the majority opinion’s narrow interpretation of this Code Section.
I am authorized to state that Justice Marshall joins in this dissent.

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