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Banks v. State

Citations

  • 366 S.E.2d 228
  • 185 Ga. App. 851
  • 1988 Ga. App. LEXIS 35

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  • holding that evidence of prior criminal misconduct which would otherwise be admissible is rendered inadmissible where the defendant has been tried and acquitted of the alleged prior offense
  • holding evidence that victim was “going steady” did not open the door to evidence of sexual experience
  • State’s introduction of testimony that victim was “going steady” did not open door to introduction by defense of evidence of her past sexual experience
  • State's introduction of testimony that victim was \going steady\ did not open door to introduction by defense of evidence of her past sexual experience
  • testimony that complainant had been going steady for a year or two did not open the door to inquiry into past sexual conduct
  • testimony that victim was “going steady” did not open the door to introduction by defense of evidence of her past sexual experience

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Judges: Banke, Birdsong, Beasley

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