Lewis v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Barnes, Presiding Judge.
A jury convicted Alphonzo Jamal Lewis of aggravated assault (family violence) for hitting the victim with his “hands, fists, and/or feet” and with battery (family violence) by striking her with a curtain rod. The trial court sentenced him as a recidivist to twenty years, to serve five years in prison followed by fifteen years on probation. On *219appeal, Lewis enumerates eleven errors, but argues six, involving the admission of similar transaction evidence, evidentiary rulings, and objections to the State’s closing arguments. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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- Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Arrington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
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