Court Opinion

ID: 9589374
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Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:43:54.647841+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:01.755500
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Deen, Presiding Judge,
concurring specially.
Overruling Blackmon v. State, 158 Ga. App. 665 (281 SE2d 634) (1981) has my complete approval. This was my position in Madigan v. State, 160 Ga. App. 656, 658 (288 SE2d 34) (1981) in stating: “In my opinion, we should clarify the status of Blackmon, supra, that is, to the extent that it conflicts with Tanner, supra, it will not be followed.” In the Blackmon case, as in the instant case, there appears no independent evidence other than and separate from the scientific report or oral testimony relating thereto as to the issue under consideration.
This situation sharply differs from where independent other cumulative evidence appears supporting an issue exemplified by the Supreme Court case of Odom v. State, 248 Ga. 434, 437 (283 SE2d *661885) (1981) holding as harmless error the admission of oral testimony relating to an excluded scientific report. Judge Banke’s dissent in Metts v. State, 162 Ga. App. 641 (291 SE2d 405) (1982), in my opinion, is exactly in line with Odom, supra, and the majority opinion in Metts, supra, should be overruled as in conflict with Odom.