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Baughns v. State

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the State to introduce evidence of uncharged burglaries in the defendant's trial, because those offenses arose out of the same burglary spree as the charged burglaries and were therefore admissible as being intrinsic to the charged offenses.

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A Clarke County jury found Justin Baughns guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of aggravated assault, OCGA § 16-5-21 b 2 with a deadly weapon; and four counts of burglary in the first degree, OCGA § 16-7-1 b. Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, Baughns appeals, contending that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of other acts and in admitting a custodial statement.1 For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to support the verdict,2 the evidence shows the following. In the last two weeks of November 2012, Baughns and two other young men committed a string of burglaries in Athens-Clarke County. In most of them, the burglars gained entry by using a tool to pry around a rear door or window, sometimes kicking in the door, and stole computers, televisions, and jewelry. Baughns participated in the burglaries primarily as the driver, and he sold items stolen in the earlier burglaries to a pawn shop. From one burglary on November 26, the thieves obtained the victim’s handgun. One of Baughns’ accomplices carried that handgun during another burglary that same day, and, when the homeowner confronted the burglars with a knife, he shot and killed the man. The burglars left behind a tire iron that was consistent with the pry marks from several of the earlier burglaries.

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