William Howard v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ June 02, 2023 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A23A0231. HOWARD v. THE STATE. This interlocutory appeal is from a trial court order granting the state’s motion to introduce other acts evidence and denying the defendant’s motion to exclude such evidence. We granted the defendant’s application for interlocutory appeal in order to consider what appeared to be an issue of first impression involving the interplay between OCGA § 17-7-95 (c), limiting the use of a defendant’s plea of nolo contendere against…