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Date Posted: 23:02:10 06/10/03 Tue
Author: Mitchell
Subject: Closing arguments expected Wednesday in Morehouse beating trial

By BILL MONTGOMERY
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff Writer

The prosecution and defense have rested their cases in the Morehouse College beating trial, and Fulton Superior Court jurors are scheduled to hear closing arguments Wednesday morning.

Former sophomore Aaron Price is accused of attacking fellow student Gregory Love in a dormitory shower in the state's first hate crime trial. Price faces a maximum of 20 years on each charge if convicted of aggravated assault and aggravated battery.

District Attorney Paul Howard is prosecuting the case as a hate crime, which could add as much as five years to a sentence.

The prosecution claims Price attacked Love because he suspected Love was a gay student making sexual advances.

In defense testimony, Price admitted that he was "scared and embarrased." when the shower incident occurred Nov. 3. "I was naked in the shower. What could I do?"

Price is accused of attacking Love, a music and political science major, after Love entered a shower area being used by Price. After the encounter, Price acknowledged that he went to his room to get his 26-inch Little League baseball bat but only for his own defense. He claimed that when he returned and tapped with the bat on Gregory Love's shower stall, the taller and larger Love charged him.

Price admitted hitting Love in the head and knocking him down but insisted he hit him only once.

Price denied Love's testimony on Monday that he shouted "faggot" and homesexual slurs, and Price insisted, "I was scared. He's charging at me. He's bigger than I am."

Price admitted in an intensive cross examination by Assistant District Attorney Kellie Hill, that he got his bat because "I was still upset. . . He [Love] violated me by looking at me."

"Did you say you felt that he was sexually aggressive?" Hill asked Price.

Price hedged, saying at first, "I don't know." He later acknowledged using the word "sexually aggressive" in a letter written with the assistance of relatives to Morehouse officials.

The jury is expected to hear closing arguments before Fulton Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

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