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BUTLER v. STATE

No. A11A1301.

717 S.E.2d 649 (2011)

BUTLER v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 6, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyle Kilvington Porter , for appellant.

Daniel J. Porter , Dist. Atty., William C. Akins , Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

Stephen Lee Butler filed this interlocutory appeal from the trial court's grant of the state's motion to admit similar transaction evidence, contending that: (1) the independent offenses are not sufficiently similar to the crimes charged; and (2) the probative value of evidence of the independent offenses is outweighed by the prejudicial effect. Finding no error, we affirm.

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