STATE v. ATKINS

S18A0770.

819 S.E.2d 28 (2018)

The STATE v. ATKINS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Linda Jeanne Dunikoski , A.D.A., Scott Franklin McAfee , Senior A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Tamara Natasha Crawford , Atlanta Circuit Public Defender's Office, 100 Peachtree Street, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Sandra Kay Wolfe , Atlanta Circuit Public Defender's Office, Suite 900, 44 Broad Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.


Denzel Atkins has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of Elijah Wallace in December 2015. The State filed a pretrial notice of its intent to introduce other acts evidence under OCGA § 24-4-404 (b) ("Rule 404 (b)"). After concluding that the other acts evidence met the criteria for admissibility...

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