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Cooper v. State

Citations

  • 325 S.E.2d 877
  • 173 Ga. App. 254
  • 1985 Ga. App. LEXIS 1497

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  • admission of evidence of similar sexual offenses was upheld despite a lapse of 19 years
  • the lapse of 19 years between the prior occurrences and the offenses charged goes to the weight and credibility of such testimony, not its admissibility
  • evidence that defendant had committed incest with his daughters some 19 years previously held admissible in prosecution for committing the same offense with two of his granddaughters
  • 19-year lapse of time between independent crimes and indicted offenses
  • 19 years between offense and testimony
  • 19-year lapse did not bar admissibility

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Judges: Sognier, Deen, McMurray

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