SMITH v. STATE

59248.

154 Ga. App. 102 (1980)

267 S.E.2d 629

SMITH et al. v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 6, 1980.

Rehearing Denied March 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Van Heiningen, for appellants.

H. Lamar Cole, District Attorney, Richard W. Shelton, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Judge.

Co-defendants Donald Smith and Gene Smith appeal their convictions for the offenses of armed robbery, burglary, and aggravated assault. We reverse.

Appellants complain that the submission of a certain inculpatory letter into evidence, without authentication, was error. The letter at issue, signed "Danny," was taken from the wallet of Gene Smith, read to the jury, and admitted into evidence, without proof of authorship. Since the document was...

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