BURKE v. STATE

61695.

159 Ga. App. 26 (1981)

282 S.E.2d 682

BURKE v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Lee Washburn III, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Benjamin H. Oehlert III, Joseph J. Drolet, A. Thomas Jones, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Presiding Judge.

Convicted of burglary, Burke appeals, enumerating as error the refusal of the trial judge to grant a mistrial when the state placed his character in issue.

At trial, the state presented evidence that appellant was seen inside the Metro Music Centre on Roswell Road in Atlanta, after the storeowner had been alerted by a silent burglar alarm to a break-in in the early morning hours. Chasing the fleeing intruder, a police officer discovered...

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