Legal Opinion

Mosley v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 11, 1955No. 18908PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mobley, Justice.

1. Evidence on the trial oí this case oí the defendant charged with rape, showing that he raped another woman in the same city approximately four and two-thirds months after the offense for which he was on trial, and had overcome and accomplished the rape of his victims by a common method, was admissible for the purpose of identification and showing the state of mind, plan, motive, and scheme of the defendant, such as would constitute an exception to the general rule that, on a prosecution for a particular crime, evidence which in any manner shows or tends to show that the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Dorsey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1948
  2. Biegun v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Payne v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Nester v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Gunter v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  4. State v. ReldanNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1982
  5. Lyles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959

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