HARRIS v. STATE

No. A03A1889.

587 S.E.2d 819 (2003)

263 Ga. App. 329

HARRIS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

September 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virginia W. Tinkler, Decatur, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Robert M. Coker, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


PHIPPS, Judge.

Jimmy Franklin Harris appeals his convictions of aggravated battery and simple battery. In reliance on Crane v. Kentucky,1 Harris argues that exclusion of evidence concerning the victim's history of alcoholism deprived him of his right to present a defense to the charges against him. Finding no abuse of discretion in the trial court's determination that the evidence sought to be admitted by Harris was irrelevant,...

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