Publication Date: 2013-11-21
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Benham, Robert
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick R. Sullivan and Donald F. Samuel Garland, Samuel & Loeb PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
for defendant: Layla H. Zon, District Attorney, Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, Elizabeth K. Grofic District Attorney's Office, Covington, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Rochelle W. Gordon, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S13A0961
Evidence of an allegation that the defendant sexually molested his young cousin was properly admitted at his murder trial, since it was relevant to explain the escalating tension between the defend