BEASLEY, Judge.
The issue is whether or not a defendant's plea of nolo contendere to a criminal charge of simple battery, OCGA § 16-5-23.1, is admissible for impeachment of the defendant in the subsequent trial of the civil suit stemming from the battery.
Mitchell sued Jabaley to recover actual and punitive damages for physical injuries Mitchell sustained and alleged that Jabaley "intentionally, willfully and without any cause whatsoever" hit and kicked...
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