Legal Opinion

Hehir v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 30, 1999No. A99A0747PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Judge.

Dennis Gordon Hehir appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of possession of methamphetamine. Hehir contends that the trial court erred by allowing his character to be improperly placed into evidence. We affirm.

Hehir asserts that the prosecutor’s questions to him regarding the police officer’s service of a warrant on a separate crime improperly placed his character in evidence. However, although Hehir made a relevancy objection regarding the prosecutor’s question as to why Hehir was at the back window, Hehir never objected on the ground that his character was being…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Waddell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  2. Malone v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995
  3. Nash v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Henderson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  2. Cobble v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  3. Hightower v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005

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