Legal Opinion
Johnson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 11, 2001No. A00A1964PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.
A Houston County jury convicted Edward Charles Johnson of two counts of selling cocaine. On appeal, he claims the trial court erred in (1) instructing the jury on similar transactions, (2) admitting similar transaction evidence, (3) admitting hearsay, (4) inhibiting his cross-examination of a state’s witness, (5) allowing his character to be placed in issue, and (6) failing to require the state to abide by the discovery rules. For reasons which follow, we affirm.
Viewed in a light most favorable to support the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that on December 19,…
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