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TRUETT v. STATE

S21A0162.

857 S.E.2d 690 (2021)

TRUETT v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 19, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Ruth Towne , Clark & Towne, P.C., 1755 North Brown Road, Suite 200, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, for Appellant.

Penny Mane Penn , District Attorney, Forsyth County District Attorney's Office, 101 E. Courthouse Square, Ste 2075, Cumming, Georgia 30040, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Eric Christopher Peters , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Sq SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee.

Christopher Everett Truett was convicted of malice murder and related crimes arising out of the beating death of his girlfriend's two-year-old son, Wyatt Pruitt. He appeals, asserting as his sole enumeration of error the trial court's exclusion of certain character evidence. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

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