State v. Jones, 297 Ga. 156
Jan 01, 2015OUTCOME: Clarified the construction of the rules governing the use of evidence of other crimes in DUI cases.
The State Supreme Court reversed the Ga Court of Appeals and, in one of the first cases in the State under New Georgia Rule of Evidence 404(b) (and the first DUI case under that rule), decided that evi ... dence of the commission of prior DUIs is admissible even though DUI is a crime of general intent, provided the trial courts follow the proper procedures outlined in the Rules of Evidence.