Legal Opinion

Lemon v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 17, 1982No. 62437, 62438PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Quillian, Chief Judge.

Arthur J. Lemon appeals from his conviction of two counts of “peeping tom.”

Case No. 62437

1. The trial court did not err in admitting evidence of prior acts of the defendant which amounted to the offense of “peeping tom.” “ ‘[B]efore evidence of independent crimes is admissible two conditions must be satisfied. First,,'there must be evidence that the defendant was in fact the perpetrator . . . Second, there must be sufficient similarity or connection between the independent crime and the offense charged that proof of the former tends to prove the latter. French v. State,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. State v. StonakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  2. Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  3. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  4. Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  5. French v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Brewer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  2. Howell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  3. Hayes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. Willis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  5. Knight v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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