Dawson v. State (1969)

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green Rivais v. State (1989)

Rule Authority · Ga. Ct. App.

While evidence of a defendant’s prior crimes or other bad acts ordinarily is inadmissible, Dawson v. State, 120 Ga. App. 242, 243 ( 170 SE2d 45 ) (1969), and “[w]here evidence of that kind is erroneously admitted, it is naturally prejudicial to the defendant and requires the grant of a new trial unless cured by sufficient corrective instructions, [cit.]” id., in the case at bar, given the trial judge’s careful and thorough curative instructions, “[w]e do not find that the of…

green Hamilton v. State (1980)

Rule Authority · Ga. Ct. App.

In Dawson v. State, 120 Ga. App. 242, 243 ( 170 SE2d 45 ), we find the following: “It is axiomatic that the general character of a defendant on trial for commission of a crime and his character in other transactions is irrelevant unless the defendant himself chooses to put his character in issue.

green Wooten v. State (1972)

Rule Authority · Ga. Ct. App.

Dawson v. State, 120 Ga. App. 242, 243 ( 170 SE2d 45 ); Brown v. State, 118 Ga. App. 617 ( 165 SE2d 185 ).