Bly v. State

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether the Court of Appeals erred by upholding the admission of opinion testimony by a witness who did not personally observe the events that formed the basis for the criminal charges brought against appellant Nathaniel Bly. Bly v. State, 286 Ga. App. 43 (3) (648 SE2d 446) (2007). For the reasons that follow we hold that the admission of the witness’s testimony constituted reversible error.

Bly was convicted of aggravated assault on a police officer and felony obstruction arising out of a traffic stop conducted by Eatonton Police…