A decades-long effort to replace Georgia’s 19th century evidence code with rules based on federal law has won the blessing of the State Bar of Georgia and-except for a minor disagreement-plaintiffs’ lawyers and insurance-defense lawyers.
But prosecutors are battling criminal defense lawyers and the creators of the legislation over a ban on most “similar transactions” evidence. The sides debated before the House Judiciary subcommittee on Wednesday.
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