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Guyton v. State

Citations

  • 531 S.E.2d 94
  • 272 Ga. 529
  • 2000 Fulton County D. Rep. 1632
  • 2000 Ga. LEXIS 426

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  • recognizing that the admission of evidence “to show bad character or a propensity to commit a certain type of crime” is improper
  • recognizing that the admission of evidence “to show bad character or a propensity to commit a certain type of crime” is improper
  • in both offenses, the assailant walked by the victims before returning to point a silver handgun at them and to order them to relinquish their property
  • sufficient similarity between prior incident and crime for which defendant was being tried where “[bjoth offenses involved attacks upon women who were alone in which a silver handgun was pointed at the victims and they were ordered to relinquish their property”
  • sufficient similarity between prior incident and crime for which defendant was being tried where “[b]oth offenses involved attacks upon women who were alone in which a silver handgun was pointed at the victims and they were ordered to relinquish their property[,]”

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Judges: Sears

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