HAGEN v. STATE

66893.

169 Ga. App. 259 (1983)

312 S.E.2d 357

HAGEN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Kontz Bennett, Jr., for appellant.

C. Deen Strickland, District Attorney, Harry D. Dixon, Jr., Richard E. Currie, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


SHULMAN, Chief Judge.

Appellant was convicted of arson. In his sole enumerated error, he maintains that the trial court erroneously ruled that certain hearsay testimony was admissible under the res gestae exception. OCGA § 24-3-3 (Code Ann. § 38-305).

1. Two women testified that appellant's wife told them that her husband said he was going to set the house on fire. Mrs. Hagen, citing OCGA § 24-9-23 (Code Ann. § 38-1604), declined to testify...

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