Clark v. State

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ holding that Cooper v. State, 182 Ga. 42 (2) (184 SE 716) (1936), authorized the introduction of appellant’s “mug shot” notwithstanding that it was captioned “Police Department, Carrollton, Georgia” and contained a date that preceded the date of the offense for which appellant was on trial. See Clark v. State, 159 Ga. App. 136 (282 SE2d 752) (1981).

The record, however, reveals that the only ground of objection raised at trial related to the mug shot being part of an “impermissibly suggestive” photographic display. Such an objection does…