MIKELL v. STATE

No. S01A0690.

555 S.E.2d 433 (2001)

274 Ga. 596

MIKELL v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Harvey, David S. West, Atlanta, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Barbara B. Conroy, Thomas S. Clegg, Jeanne M. Canavan, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Tammie J. Philbrick, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

Joseph Perry Mikell was convicted of malice murder in the shooting death of his wife Barbara Sue Mikell.1 He contends that the trial court erred in allowing the state to introduce testimony about two extramarital affairs as bad character evidence. Because the challenged evidence was relevant to prove identity and to impeach his testimony, we conclude that the trial court did not commit reversible error in admitting...

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