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KING v. STATE

No. S02A1038.

569 S.E.2d 518 (2002)

275 Ga. 463

KING v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Peter Rutkowski, Alpharetta, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., March A. Mallon, Asst. Dist. Atty., Beattieanne C. Hart, Deputy Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Jill Maureen Zubler, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

HINES, Justice.

Kelvin King was convicted of malice murder in connection with the fatal shooting of the mother of his children, Carletta Ford-Scruggs. King challenges the conviction on the bases that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict of guilt and that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial when the State improperly placed King's character into evidence. Finding the challenges to be without merit, we affirm.1

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