STANLEY v. STATE

38631.

250 Ga. 3 (1982)

295 S.E.2d 315

STANLEY v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen N. Hollomon, Harry J. Fox, Jr., for appellant.

G. Theron Finlayson, District Attorney, James F. Garnett, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


GREGORY, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether it was reversible error for the prosecutor to ask a detective, in relation to the identification of the defendant, "Now, mug books are what exactly?," eliciting the answer, "They are pictures of individuals that we have had previous cases on."

At appellant's trial for motor vehicle theft, a witness testified that he had identified appellant to the police from his picture in "some mug books." In further...

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