Newberry v. State

Bell, Justice.

Newberry appeals from his conviction of the malice murder of Mylo Thomas. Newberry contends that the evidence does not support the conviction; that the state improperly placed his character in issue; that the trial court erred in permitting the state to introduce evidence that three state’s witnesses began implicating Newberry after taking a polygraph exam; and that the trial court erred in permitting the state to introduce the results of a polygraph test given to Newberry. We affirm.

The evidence showed that Newberry and Thomas were involved in selling drugs in Toccoa, Georgia;…