CARTER v. STATE

No. S99A1603.

526 S.E.2d 855 (2000)

272 Ga. 31

CARTER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 31, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathy S. Palmer, Swainsboro, for appellant.

Richard A. Malone, District Attorney, William S. Askew, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Wylencia H. Monroe, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Juld Gerald Carter appeals his conviction for malice murder arising out of the shooting death of Timothy Higgs.1 Carter contends that the trial court erred in refusing to give a charge on impeachment by conviction after a state's witness testified without objection that he had been convicted of a felony. We conclude that the trial court erred, but that the error was harmless and, therefore, we affirm.

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