Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 18, 1990No. A89A1727PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Carley, Chief Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty of the sale of cocaine. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict.

1. Over appellant’s hearsay objection, the trial court permitted a police officer to testify as to what he had been told by another officer. Appellant enumerates the trial court’s admission of this testimony as error.

The record shows that the trial court instructed the jury that the testimony was being “admitted for the sole purpose of explaining the subsequent conduct of this witness, if…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
  3. Momon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  4. Teague v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
  5. Hodge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ogburn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
  2. Weldon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Gray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  4. Hunter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  5. Hunter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991

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