Moss v. State

Shulman, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of burglary of a storeroom at the Cobb County Adjustment Center. At the time of the crime, appellant was an inmate of that institution.

1. Appellant enumerates as error the admission into evidence of the order by which he was transferred from Cobb County Jail to the Cobb County Adjustment Center. He contends that his character was thereby placed in issue in contravention of Code Ann. § 38-202.

That evidence was material and relevant to explain the conduct of the witness in seeking and arresting appellant. That witness was the director of the center.…