Hunter v. State

I respectfully dissent because of the ruling in Division 3.

“The general character of the parties and especially their conduct in other transactions are irrelevant matter unless the nature of the action involves such character and renders necessary or proper the *200investigation of such conduct.” OCGA § 24-2-2. “If a defendant in a criminal case . . . testifies, ... no evidence of general bad character or prior convictions shall be admissible unless and until the defendant shall have first put his character in issue.” OCGA § 24-9-20. It is the first of these two general rules on prior conviction…