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Griffin v. State

Even if the trial court had severed the defendant's trial on charges that he kidnapped, raped and left stranded two victims in less than 36 hours, the evidence in each case would have been admissible as a similar transaction in the other case.

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Stacey Darnell Griffin was convicted of kidnapping, robbing, and raping two different women within a span of less than 36 hours in the same isolated area of Buford, Georgia. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Griffin brought this appeal in which he asserts 13 enumerations of error. Having determined no error occurred, we affirm.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed that Griffin tricked the first victim, T. S., into giving him a ride to another person’s house. Realizing that she had been deceived, T. S. attempted to make a turn, but Griffin screamed at her, grabbed her neck, and began choking her. Griffin then directed T. S. to drive to Cole Road. When she did not comply, he rammed the gear shift into park, and told her he was going to kill her. Begging for her life, she offered Griffin the truck and her purse. He rejected those things and told her he would take what he wanted. Griffin removed the victim’s shorts and panties, and forced her to have sexual intercourse. When Griffin finished raping her, he ordered her out, then sped off in the victim’s truck, leaving her stranded wearing only her socks and tennis shoes. The victim ran into a nearby factory, where workers gave her some cloth in which to wrap herself and called 911. Police took the victim to the Gwinnett Rape Crisis Center.

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