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Ellerbee v. State

Citations

  • 542 S.E.2d 146
  • 247 Ga. App. 46
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 69
  • 2000 Ga. App. LEXIS 1337

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  • “Relevant extrinsic acts evidence is not rendered inadmissible despite its incidental tendency to discredit the character of the accused.” (footnote omitted)
  • defendant’s prior conviction of selling cocaine was relevant and admissible to prove that the defendant was the seller of the cocaine in the current trial, where the defendant sold the drugs in the same distinctive “green plastic wrapping”
  • defendant’s prior conviction of selling cocaine was relevant and admissible to prove that the defendant was the seller of the cocaine in the current trial, where the defendant sold the drugs in the same distinctive “green plastic wrapping”

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Judges: Miller, Pope, Mikell

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