Legal Opinion
State v. Dean
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 28, 1998No. A98A2440PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Lawrence Dean allegedly struck and bloodied his wife in May 1997. Dean moved to dismiss an indictment alleging felony family violence batteries under OCGA § 16-5-23.1 (f) (2), on the ground that an element of the crime was a previous conviction of a family violence battery. In 1994, before the 1996 enactment of OCGA § 16-5-23.1 (f) defining the offense of “family violence battery,” Dean had been convicted of battery against his wife. The court ruled that the prior conviction was not a conviction for family violence battery under the statute and granted Dean’s motion. The State…
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