McKinney v. State

318 Ga. 566

FINAL COPY S23G0448. MCKINNEY V. THE STATE. PETERSON, Presiding Justice. We granted defendant Jerrion McKinney’s petition for certiorari to consider the proper construction of an evidence rule, OCGA § 24-4-418 (“Rule 418”), that in prosecutions under the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act (OCGA § 16-15- 1 et seq., hereinafter “Georgia’s Gang Act”) permits the admission of evidence that the defendant has engaged in any one of a host of other acts listed in Georgia’s Gang Act. The Court of Appeals in this case concluded that Rule 418 does not require that there be some…