Haynes v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. The general rule is that where the accused is on trial for assaulting and injuring or killing the victim, evidence of prior difficulties between the parties may be shown if they are such as to tend to throw light on the transaction in issue. Shellman v. State, 100 Ga. App. 663 (112 SE2d 267). Prior threats may be shown as bearing on the question of whether the defendant acted in self-defense under the fears of a reasonable person. Baker v. State, 142 Ga. 619 (83 SE 531). If the previous difficulties are such as to shed light upon the motives of the parties, they are…