Harris v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction for burglary, arguing that certain statements made by witnesses for the prosecution improperly placed his character into evidence.

A police officer testified that she obtained a photograph of defendant, for a photographic lineup shown to the victim, from the Atlanta Police Department’s identification section. Introduction into evidence of a “mug shot” photograph of a defendant bearing notations which indicate a prior arrest “is the equivalent of oral testimony establishing [defendant’s] arrest for a prior crime and would therefore impermissibly…