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LEWIS v. STATE

34486.

243 Ga. 443 (1979)

254 S.E.2d 830

LEWIS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zeese & Howell, Gordon R. Zeese, for appellant.

William S. Lee, III, District Attorney, for appellee.

BOWLES, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to consider Division 1 of the opinion of the Court of Appeals, 148 Ga.App. 16 (251 S.E.2d 18) (1978), holding that a conviction of the sale of cocaine is a crime involving moral turpitude so that evidence of such prior conviction could be introduced as impeaching evidence of a witness.

Although the term moral turpitude has been used...

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