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SWEENY v. STATE

58873.

152 Ga. App. 765 (1979)

264 S.E.2d 23

SWEENY v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 30, 1979.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben S. Atkins, Dorothy D. Atkins, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Joseph J. Drolet, R. David Petersen, Benjamin H. Oehlert, III, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

DEEN, Chief Judge.

1. The exception to the rule that evidence of other criminal transactions may not be introduced on the trial of the defendant is that, first, there must be clear proof that the alleged crime for which the defendant is on trial was in fact committed by someone, and secondly, that something so connects the two crimes — the motive or criminal intent, the modus operandi, a prior attempt to commit...

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