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BALLARD v. STATE

No. S97A1596.

494 S.E.2d 644 (1998)

268 Ga. 895

BALLARD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney Samuel Zell, Atlanta, for Rico Lamar Ballard.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bettieanne C. Hart, Asst. Dist. Atty., Deborah Lynn Gale, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Rico Lamar Ballard of murder and aggravated assault in the shooting death of Jason Pitts.1 He appeals and challenges several evidentiary rulings. Because the trial court's rulings were not erroneous, we affirm.

The evidence at trial showed that Ballard's aunt, Valerie Ballard, reported to the police that she and a friend had been robbed of five dollars at gunpoint. After they pointed...

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