STATE v. THOMAS

70990.

176 Ga. App. 106 (1985)

335 S.E.2d 697

THE STATE v. THOMAS.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 19, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Bowden, Solicitor, Elliott A. Shoenthal, Linda S. Finley, Assistant Solicitors, for appellant.

W. LaRue Boyce, Jr., for appellee.


BANKE, Chief Judge.

The defendant, who is charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, filed a motion in limine seeking to exclude evidence that immediately prior to his arrest he had struck and killed a child. The trial court granted the motion on the ground that the prejudicial effect of the evidence in question outweighed any probative value it might have on the issue of whether the defendant was guilty of driving under the influence, the only offense with...

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