BOYD v. STATE

55444.

146 Ga. App. 359 (1978)

246 S.E.2d 396

BOYD v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary M. Young, for appellant.

D. E. Turk, District Attorney, Gary C. Christy, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge.

A special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, working through an informant, purchased some marijuana from Boyd. The agent, by hearsay testimony, injected Boyd's character into issue on two occasions. Boyd's motion for a mistrial was denied. We reverse.

There are only two enumerations of error that have merit.

1. The first deals with the court's refusal to compel the agent to reveal the informant's name. In cases such as this...

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