Crowder v. State

Miller, Chief Judge.

A Whitfield County jury found Antonio Maurice Crowder guilty of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2)). On appeal from his judgment of conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial, Crowder claims that the trial court erred in refusing to admit into evidence the victim’s 1993 conviction for violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act (VGCSA). We disagree and affirm because the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the conviction.

“Admission of evidence is a matter committed to the sound discretion of the trial court, and the trial court’s…