Supreme Court of Georgia· 3/7/2016

Brannon v. State

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298 Ga. 601
783 S.E.2d 642
2016 Ga. LEXIS 207

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holding, as to prosecutorial need for other-acts evidence, that the evidence was necessary to rebut the defendant’s alibi defense that he was not the perpetrator
noting that prosecutorial need for evidence has a role in the common sense approach to admitting evidence under Rule 404 (b)
holding that car hijacking incidents were sufficiently similar for admission of one to show identity under Rule 404 (b) because they involved the same accomplices, same getaway cars, and same victims driving vehicles with “distinctive rims,” and they occurred within 13 days of each other
“Having determined that the evidence was admissible as to intent, knowledge and identity, we need not examine whether it was also admissible to show participation in a plan.”
“In describing the items to be seized pursuant to a search warrant, the degree of specificity required is flexible and will vary with the circumstances involved.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
“In describing the items to be seized pursuant to a search warrant, the degree of specificity required is flexible and will vary with the circumstances involved.”

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Judges: Thompson

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