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Adams v. State

Citations

  • 430 S.E.2d 35
  • 208 Ga. App. 29
  • 93 Fulton County D. Rep. 923
  • 1993 Ga. App. LEXIS 443

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  • requiring that a trial court balance probative value and prejudicial impact on the record in cases involving the sexual abuse of children
  • requiring that a trial court balance probative value and prejudicial impact on the record in cases involving the sexual abuse of children
  • setting forth an exception to the requirement of Stephens v. State, 261 Ga. 467 (6) (405 SE2d 483) (1991) in cases involving sex crimes against children
  • the prior sexual abuse of children, regardless of their gender or the specific acts perpetrated against them, is sufficiently similar to be admissible in a child molestation trial
  • the prior sexual abuse of children, regardless of their gender or the specific acts perpetrated against them, is sufficiently similar to be admissible in a child molestation trial

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Judges: Birdsong, Pope, McMurray, Andrews, Beasley, Divisions, Carley, Cooper, Johnson, Blackburn

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