Bell v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Defendant was tried on two indictments for violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. He brings this appeal from a verdict of guilty on one of the charges.

1. As the consolidation for trial of the two separate indictments was done at the request of defendant’s trial counsel, there is no error. Moreover, it is clear that no harm resulted to this defendant from the consolidation because the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on one of the indictments.

2. Early in the trial a police officer was permitted to testify to the contents of a conversation with an informant. In…