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SHACKELFORD v. STATE

No. A04A2173.

606 S.E.2d 22 (2004)

270 Ga. App. 12

SHACKELFORD v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied October 8, 2004.

Certiorari Denied February 7, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey, Jarrard & Walker, Christopher J. Walker III, Lucy K. Henry, for appellant.

Jason J. Deal, District Attorney, Alison W. Toller, Lindsay H. Burton Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Mark Shackelford appeals his conviction for voluntary manslaughter, arguing that the trial court erred in excluding prior violent acts by the victim. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding this evidence, and we therefore affirm.

Shackelford does not dispute that he killed his brother by beating him with a board while the two were...

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