Supreme Court of Georgia· 11/2/2017

Thompson v. State

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302 Ga. 533
807 S.E.2d 899

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explaining that evidence that the defendant was a drug dealer intrinsic evidence because “it form[ed] an integral and natural part of the witness’s accounts of the circumstances surrounding the offenses for which the defendant was indicted”
declining to consider whether prior bad acts evidence was admissible to show intent under Rule 404 (b) when trial court did not specifically consider that issue below
explaining, in reversing the appellant’s convictions due to the improper admission of evidence that was not harmless, that the prosecution emphasized during closing argument that the evidence showed that the appellant had a propensity to commit crimes
error was not harmless in part because the State emphasized erroneously admitted Rule 404 (b) evidence in closing
in evaluating nonconstitutional harmless error, we “examine whether it is highly probable that the error did not contribute to the verdict”
error was not harmless in part because the State emphasized erroneously admitted Rule 404 (b) evidence in closing

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Judges: Grant

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