State v. Pike

Hill, Chief Justice.

We granted the state’s application for certiorari to determine whether and under what circumstances a trial court may supplement the record to reveal the appearance of the clothing worn by the defendant during trial. Pike v. State, 169 Ga. App. 358 (312 SE2d 808) (1983).

At the commencement of trial, defense counsel objected to the defendant’s being dressed in “prison garb.” The prosecutor responded that the bailiff had attempted to find “non-prison issue clothing” without success, that the defendant’s clothes had been seized as evidence in this (rape) case, that the state…