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2018 Georgia Code 24-6-602 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 24-6-602 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 24-6-602

TITLE 24 EVIDENCE

Section 6. Witnesses, 24-6-601 through 24-6-658.

ARTICLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

24-6-602. Lack of personal knowledge.

A witness may not testify to a matter unless evidence is introduced sufficient to support a finding that the witness has personal knowledge of such matter. Evidence to prove personal knowledge may, but need not, consist of the witness's own testimony. The provisions of this Code section are subject to Code Section 24-7-703 and shall not apply to party admissions.

(Code 1981, §24-6-602, enacted by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2/HB 24.)

Cross references.

- Need for personal knowledge, Fed. R. Evid. 602.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Emory Healthcare, Inc. v. Pardue, 328 Ga. App. 664, 760 S.E.2d 674 (2014).

Cases Citing Georgia Code 24-6-602 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 12

Burke v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2025-01-28

Snippet: knowledge about what he is asked about. See OCGA § 24-6- 602. But even when a defendant is asked about a subject

Ford v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2024-06-11

Snippet: 11 what she personally did. See OCGA § 24-6-602 (a witness’s own testimony may prove that she

Sconyers v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2024-04-30

Snippet: and therefore was not admissible under OCGA § 24-6-602 (“Rule 602”). Second, he contends that her testimony

Cooper v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-11-07

Snippet: knowledge, which is admissible. See OCGA § 24-6-602; see also Draughn v. State, 311 Ga. 378, 385 (4)

Taylor v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2023-02-21

Snippet: 27 (858 SE2d 8) (2021) (quoting OCGA § 24-6-602 (“Rule 602”)) (holding that eyewitness testimony

Brown v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Snippet: witness’s personal knowledge of a matter, OCGA § 24-6-602 is controlling: “A witness may not testify to

Harris v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2022-06-22

Snippet: Detective Stoddard about the statements. See OCGA § 24-6-602 (“A witness may not testify to a matter unless

Rogers v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2021-06-01

Snippet: his personal knowledge, in violation of OCGA § 24-6-602; invaded the province of the jury concerning witness

DRAUGHN v. THE STATE (Three Cases)

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2021-05-03

Snippet: consist of the witness’s own testimony.” OCGA § 24-6-602 (“Rule 602”). We have previously concluded that

Kirby v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2018-09-24

Citation: 819 S.E.2d 468, 304 Ga. 472

Snippet: the truth of the matter asserted." And OCGA § 24-6-602 says, with exceptions not applicable here, that

Parker v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2015-02-16

Snippet: meaning of OCGA § 24-1-104 (a). See also OCGA § 24-6- 602 (to be competent to testify to a matter, a lay

Parker v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2015-02-16

Citation: 296 Ga. 586, 769 S.E.2d 329, 2015 Ga. LEXIS 133

Snippet: 24-1-104 (a). *596 See also OCGA § 24-6-602 (to be competent to testify to a matter, a lay