State v. Johnson

Bowles, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider the opinion of the Court of Appeals in Johnson v. State, 154 Ga. App. 793 (270 SE2d 214) (1980) reversing a conviction for sale of marijuana because evidence of two subsequent sales of drugs from the same defendant to the same police officer was admitted into evidence.

1. We begin with the general rule that in the trial of a crime, evidence of other criminal acts by the defendant is inadmissible as it tends to place the defendant’s character into evidence. See Code Ann. § 38-202. See also, Bacon v. State, 209 Ga. 261 (71 SE2d 615) (1952).…