SHIELDS v. STATE

55992.

147 Ga. App. 131 (1978)

248 S.E.2d 205

SHIELDS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Smith, for appellant.

Johnnie L. Caldwell, Jr., District Attorney, Paschal A. English, Jr., J. David Fowler, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Judge.

The sole enumeration of error in this appeal is that the trial court erred by admitting highly prejudicial hearsay testimony to explain conduct without instructing the jury to disregard such testimony for all other purposes.

Unfortunately for appellant, the record shows that no request was made for such instructions. "It is well recognized that when evidence is admitted for one purpose, as it was...

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