Court Opinion

ID: 9781526
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 16:50:35.315825+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:34:27.589288
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HINES, Justice,
concurring.
I concur with the determination that the Uniform Act to Secure the Attendance of Witnesses from Without the State, OCGA § 24-10-90 et seq., authorizes a party in a criminal proceeding to seek the desired evidence from an out-of-state corporate entity without naming a person within the corporation as the witness to be summoned to Georgia; however, for the reasons in my dissent in Davenport v. State, 289 Ga. 399 (711 SE2d 699) (2011), I would find that the proper showing in regard to the sought witness/evidence is that it is “necessary and material” to the criminal prosecution in Georgia. OCGA § 24-10-94 (a).
*399Rosanna M. Szabo, Solicitor-General, Richard C. Armond, Joelle M. Nazaire, Assistant Solicitor s-General, for appellee.
Charles C. Olson, Tasha M. Mosley, amici curiae.