ALLEN v. STATE

No. A97A2053.

496 S.E.2d 526 (1998)

230 Ga. App. 381

ALLEN v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

January 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Lacy, Marietta, Timothy L. Barton, for appellant.

Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Ann S. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Judge.

A jury rejected Joelynn Allen's coercion defense and found her guilty on two counts of selling crack cocaine. She appeals from the judgment entered on that conviction, asserting the trial court erred in denying her motion for mistrial when her character was impermissibly placed in evidence.

The motion for mistrial came as a police officer was describing how Allen had been identified as the person seen on a videotape selling drugs to undercover...

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