Stevens v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Stevens appeals his conviction and sentence for embracery, OCGA § 16-10-91 (a) (1), asserting error in the court’s permitting the prosecutor to ask a State’s witness if she was aware of defendant’s general reputation in the community.

Two of the State’s witnesses, Mr. and Mrs. Cureton, were selected for the jury to try Lamar Jenkins on a charge of burglary. After selection, the jury was dismissed until the following day. That afternoon defendant drove to the Curetons’ home and spoke to Mr. Cure-ton, his wife overhearing parts of the conversation from a distance. The testimony of…