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Greene v. State

The trial court properly admitted evidence of defendant's prior conviction for aggravated assault to show his intent, bent of mind and course of conduct since both instances involved verbal provocation, an opportunity to retreat and claims of self-defense.

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Melvin Greene, Sr., was convicted of the felony murder of Leroy Bryant, Jr. and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 He appeals and we affirm.

1. The jury was authorized to find that on the evening of September 25, 1999 Greene and the victim became involved in an altercation outside a convenience store. The victim harassed Greene and Greene responded by breaking a beer bottle over the victim’s head. The victim retreated across the street, where he picked up a stick and taunted Greene. Greene’s friends told him to leave the victim alone and offered to buy him another beer. While his friends were collecting money and purchasing the beer, Greene threw rocks across the street at the victim. Greene then crossed the street and he and the victim began to fight. During this altercation, the victim struck Greene with the stick, and Greene lunged at the victim with a knife, fatally stabbing the victim in the heart.

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