Powell v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

I. Error is urged in the trial judge’s decision to permit a GBI agent to remain in the courtroom after the rule of sequestration had been invoked and to allow the agent to then testify after, rather than before, other state witnesses. The agent was listed as a witness for the state and the appellant, acting pursuant to Larkins v. State, 230 Ga. 418 (1) (197 SE2d 367), objected at the outset to the presence of the agent. The district attorney informed the court of the agent’s status as chief investigator of the crimes with which the appellant was charged and that his…