MIMS v. STATE

17139.

207 Ga. 118 (1950)

60 S.E.2d 373

MIMS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 11, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk McAlpin and Robert B. Troutman Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney-General, Andrew J. Ryan Jr., Solicitor-General, Sylvan A. Garfunkel, and Herman W. Coolidge, contra.


HAWKINS, Justice.

1. The general rule is that, on a prosecution for a particular crime, evidence which in any manner shows or tends to show that the accused has committed another crime wholly independent from that for which he is on trial, even though it be a crime of the same sort, is irrelevant and inadmissible. Code, § 38-202. Cawthon v. State, 119 Ga. 395, 396 (46 S. E. 897); Merritt v. State, 168 Ga. 753 (149 S. E. 46). While...

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