269 Ga. App. 435 - Freeman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “Unlike similar transactions, prior [and subsequent] difficulties between the parties are not independent acts or occurrences, but are connected acts or occurrences arising from the relationship between the same people involved in the prosecution and are related and connected by such nexus. Evidence of a defendant’s prior [and subsequent] act[s] toward the same victim, whether an assault, a quarrel, or a threat, is admissible as evidence of the relationship between the victim and the defendant and may show the defendant’s motive, intent, and bent of mind in committing the act against the victim which results in the charges for which the defendant is being prosecuted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 309 Ga. App. 183 - Reed v. State

2. “just like evidence of a prior difficulty, . . . evidence of a defendant’s subsequent act toward the same victim is admissible as evidence of the relationship between the victim and the defendant, and it may show the defendant’s motive, intent, and bent of mind in committing the act against the victim which results in the charges for which the defendant is being prosecuted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 282 Ga. App. 248 - Clark v. State