Anderson v. State

Gregory, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review the holding in Division 1 of the Court of Appeals’ opinion Anderson v. State, 165 Ga. App. 885 (303 SE2d 57) (1983).

The defendant was on trial for the offense of selling cocaine. The State called a GBI agent as a witness. When asked how he knew the defendant, the witness responded, “First of all, I was given a list and Robert Anderson was on that list as being one of the suspected drug dealers. ...” There was an objection on the ground the testimony placed defendant’s character in evidence without defendant having first done so…