State v. Smith

Undercofler, Chief Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the question "[wjhether a document found on defendant’s person and purportedly written by defendant’s accomplice, and by its content, circumstantially linked defendant to the crime, was inadmissible on the basis that it was not authenticated as being in the handwriting of the accomplice.” See Smith v. State, 154 Ga. App. 102 (1980). We conclude it was properly admitted here and remand.

"A writing, alleged to be in the handwriting or signature of a party, is inadmissible unless the writing is proved or acknowledged to be genuine.[Cits.]…