Maddox v. State

Smith, Judge.

Reginald George Maddox a/k/a Roy Merritt a/k/a Bennie Lee Daniels and Peyton Foster a/k/a Vickie Sandra Collins were charged in the same indictment with theft by shoplifting, OCGA § 16-8-14. Both were tried and convicted by a jury, and this appeal followed.

1. In Case No. A93A1016, Maddox enumerates as error the admission of his spontaneous statement that he had injected himself with cocaine and heroin before entering the grocery store. Evidence as to whether Maddox was under the influence of alcohol or drugs on the day in question was admissible as part of the res gestae of the…