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McKINNEY v. STATE

S19A0908.

834 S.E.2d 741 (2019)

McKINNEY, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 21, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Davis Smith , Conger & Smith, LLC, 218 E. Water Street, Bainbridge, Georgia 39817, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, James Linder Prine, II , A.D.A., Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 2596, Thomasville, Georgia 31799-2596, Bradfield M. Shealy , District Attorney, Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 99, Valdosta, Georgia 31603-0099, for Appellee.

Appellant Sidney McKinney was convicted of malice murder for killing his former girlfriend Deborah Thigpen by beating and strangling her. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred by admitting his conviction for a battery against Thigpen committed three months before the murder as well as evidence of his attack...

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