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LINDSEY v. STATE

No. S07A1220.

651 S.E.2d 66 (2007)

LINDSEY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Allen Yurachek, Mark Allen Yurachek & Associates, Bruce Steven Harvey, Atlanta, for Lindsey.

Daniel J. Craig, Dist. Atty., Madonna Marie Little, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Benjamin Henry Pierman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Lorenzo Dexter Lindsey was convicted of malice murder and criminal solicitation in the fatal shooting of Marcus Taylor.1 Because we find that the trial court committed error in allowing the prosecution to inform the jury of Lindsey's extensive misdemeanor arrest history, and because we do not deem the error to be harmless, we reverse and grant a new trial.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the...

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