SMITH v. STATE

54644.

144 Ga. App. 261 (1977)

240 S.E.2d 780

SMITH v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Roy Hege, for appellant.

Thomas H. Pittman, District Attorney, Fred W. Rigdon, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


BIRDSONG, Judge.

The appellant Smith was convicted of forgery in the first degree and sentenced to serve eight years. He enumerates three errors. Held:

1. In the first enumeration, Smith asserts that the trial court erred in failing to grant a mistrial when the state improperly placed the defendant's character before the jury. The incident occurred during the direct examination of a state witness when the prosecutor was seeking to introduce a pre-trial...

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