Hall v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of selling marijuana, a controlled substance. OCGA § 16-13-30 (j) (1). On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial. The motion followed the state’s questioning of its witness, a police investigator. The sale had been made to her by a person then known to the witness as “Lip” and also as “James Phillips.” To establish the identity of that seller as being the appellant and thus connect the transaction with the person on trial, the state asked where the witness had obtained appellant’s name from, to which she…