BROOKS v. STATE

No. S15A1480.

783 S.E.2d 895 (2016)

298 Ga. 722

BROOKS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leah Davis Madden , Davis Madden & Associates PC, Atlanta, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Scott O. Teague , Department of Law, Atlanta, Leonora Grant , Deputy Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Robert D. James Jr. , Dist. Atty., Lenny I. Krick, Sr. Asst. Dist. Atty., Gerald Mason , Asst. Dist. Atty., Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, Shannon Elysia Holder , Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, Decatur, for appellee.


In this murder case, which was tried after January 1, 2013, the effective date of the new Evidence Code, we are called upon to decide whether the admission of other acts evidence to prove identity, motive and course of conduct was error. We find the trial court erred in admitting the other acts evidence and reverse appellant...

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