Publication Date: 2024-04-01
Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
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Court: Georgia Supreme Court
Judge: Presiding Justice Peterson
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael S. Katz, (Attorney at Law), Decatur, for appellant.
for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Elizabeth Rosenwasser, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Fani T. Willis, Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Alex Martin Bernick, Michael Scott Carlson, Bruce Patilloch Dutcher, Jayna Edwards, Adam Robert Abbate, (Fulton County District Attorney’s Office), Atlanta, Christopher David Sperry, (Clayton County District Attorney's Office), Jonesboro, for appellee; Christopher Mark DeNeve, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, John Stuart Melvin, (Cobb County District Attorney’s Office), Marietta, Jeffrey T. Wennar, Tucson, for Amicus Appellee.
Case Number: S23G0448
Court affirms that admissibility of other acts evidence in cases involving the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act are subject to the Rule 403 balancing test rather than a nexus to gang activity