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JOHNSON v. STATE

59259.

154 Ga. App. 793 (1980)

270 S.E.2d 214

JOHNSON v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth R. Chance, for appellant.

Richard E. Allen, District Attorney, James W. Purcell, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

DEEN, Chief Judge.

1. For the better part of a century the appellate courts of this state have emphasized that evidence showing an accused has committed an offense wholly independent from the crime for which he is on trial is irrelevant, immaterial and prejudicial in that it places the defendant's character in issue in an impermissible fashion. The rule is of course the subject of exceptions, one — indeed...

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