BEASLEY, Judge.
Lawrence Dean allegedly struck and bloodied his wife in May 1997. Dean moved to dismiss an indictment alleging felony family violence batteries under OCGA § 16-5-23.1(f)(2), on the ground that an element of the crime was a previous conviction of a family violence battery. In 1994, before the 1996 enactment of OCGA § 16-5-23.1(f) defining the offense of "family violence battery,"
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