Boyd v. State

Smith, Judge.

A special agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, working through an informant, purchased some marijuana from Boyd. The agent, by hearsay testimony, injected Boyd’s character into issue on two occasions. Boyd’s motion for a mistrial was denied. We reverse.

There are only two enumerations of error that have merit.

1. The first deals with the court’s refusal to compel the agent to reveal the informant’s name. In cases such as this it is usually within the discretion of the trial judge to allow or deny such revelation. Bell v. State, 141 Ga. App. 277 (3) (233 SE2d 253) (1977).

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