Court Opinion

ID: 9585705
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:03:06.334883+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:09.451352
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Deen, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent to the applicability of the "highly probable” rule as set forth in Division 3 of the majority. This rule is limited for use only in cases not involving constitutional rights. "In discussing harmless error, a distinction is made between the test for determining harmless constitutional error and harmless nonconstitutional error.” Johnson v. State, 238 Ga. 59, 60 (230 SE2d 869).
Based on substantially the same reasons set forth in my dissents and the dissents of Judge Smith in Williams v. State, 145 Ga. App. 81 (243 SE2d 614) and in Thornberry v. State, 146 Ga. App. 827, I would reverse because of deprivation of procedural and substantive due process constitutional rights.