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Maynard v. State

Citations

  • 639 S.E.2d 389
  • 282 Ga. App. 598
  • 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 3795
  • 2006 Ga. App. LEXIS 1483

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  • concluding that evidence of defendant’s sexual misconduct that occurred 20 years prior was inadmissible since defendant himself was a 12-year-old child at the time of the prior incidents
  • holding that similar transaction evidence of the defendant’s sexual misconduct of two male cousins 20 years previously, when the defendant was a minor, was inadmissible in his trial for aggravated child molestation with a female victim
  • reversing conviction because \no logical connection existed between the [prior] acts ... and the crimes for which [defendant] was on trial\
  • reversing conviction because “no logical connection existed between the [prior] acts . . . and the crimes for which [defendant] was on trial”
  • reversing conviction when prosecutor’s comment on defendant’s silence was not inadvertent and evidence was conflicting
  • reversible error occurred where prosecutor deliberately and repeatedly placed the defendant’s silence before the jury

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Judges: Barnes, Johnson, Bernes

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