Carr v. State

553 S.E.2d 674 (2001)

251 Ga. App. 117

CARR

v.

The STATE.

No. A01A0998.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 8, 2001.

Christopher S. Warren, Albany, for appellant.

Kenneth B. Hodges, III, Dist. Atty., Jennifer Johnson-Green, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

MILLER, Judge.

The primary question on appeal is whether the court's charge to the jury on the issue of similar transaction evidence offered for the purpose of inferring defendant's "predisposition to commit the crime" requires reversal. We find harmful error and reverse.

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