Hills v. State

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on the jury verdict.

1. The trial court permitted one of the arresting officers to testify as to certain hearsay information that he had received. The testimony was admitted as explanatory of the officer’s conduct in approaching and arresting appellant. Appellant enumerates as error the trial court’s ruling that this hearsay evidence was admissible pursuant to OCGA § 24-3-2.

Assuming without deciding that the…