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Herring v. State

Citations

  • 653 S.E.2d 494
  • 288 Ga. App. 169
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 3205
  • 2007 Ga. App. LEXIS 1097

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  • noting that evidence of adult pornography was not admissible in child sex abuse case where the state “produced no evidence that Herring viewed child pornography, or that he viewed any pornography at all in the presence of the victim or other children”
  • evidence of the defendant’s sexual disposition was inadmissible in the absence of evidence linking it to the charged offense
  • defendant’s denial on the stand and lack of physical evidence of child molestation precluded a finding that error was harmless
  • evidence of the defendant’s sexual disposition was inadmissible in the absence of evidence linking it to the charged offense
  • evidence of the defendant’s sexual disposition was inadmissible in the absence of evidence linking it to the charged offense
  • “In order to introduce evidence of a defendant’s lustful disposition, the State must link those practices to the specific crime charged.”

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Judges: Adams, Andrews, Ellington

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