· 11/23/1982
Walraven v. State
Citations
- 297 S.E.2d 278
- 250 Ga. 401
- 1982 Ga. LEXIS 1250
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the admission of appellant’s confession to incest amounted to nothing more than improper character evidence in his trial for murder
- holding that the admission of appellant’s confession to incest amounted to nothing more than improper character evidence in his trial for murder
- “Character is circumstantial evidence of conduct and state of mind[.]”
- incest not similar to a “bathtub” murder
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Judges: Smith, Weltner, Bell
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