]" Duren v. State, 177 Ga. App. 421, 424 (3) ( 339 S.E.2d 394) (1986). See also Cheney v. State, 167 Ga. App. 757, 758 (2) ( 307 S.E.2d 288) (1983). Judgments affirmed. Sognier, C. J., and McMurray, P. J., concur.
This can hardly be classified as "narrative" hearsay testimony, and such testimony was admissible to explain the officer's conduct in taking the victim to the hospital for an examination. OCGA ยง 24-3-2; cf. Cheney v. State, 167 Ga. App. 757, 758 ( 307 S.E.2d 288) (1983); Gaskins v. State, 250 Ga. 386, 389 (4) ( 297 S.E.2d 729) (1982). Further, the victim herself testified that she told the officer she had been raped and sodomized, and that after making her statement the officer took her to the hospital for examination by a medical doctor.
[Cits.]" Cheney v. State, 167 Ga. App. 757, 758 ( 307 S.E.2d 288) (1983). 4. Appellant enumerates as error the denial of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal.
The identity of the perpetrator of the armed robbery being relevant to the issues on trial, the trial court correctly admitted the officer's conversation with the victim in order to explain the officer's subsequent conduct. See Cheney v. State, 167 Ga. App. 757 (2) ( 307 S.E.2d 288) (1983). Compare Teague v. State, 252 Ga. 534 ( 314 S.E.2d 910) (1984).
Since the detective's actions in recovering the stolen computer from Miami were "relevant to the issues on trial" as required by Momon v. State, 249 Ga. 865, 867 ( 294 S.E.2d 482), the testimony was not hearsay, but was admissible as original evidence to explain his conduct. Cheney v. State, 167 Ga. App. 757, 758 ( 307 S.E.2d 288). See also Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Slaton, 117 Ga. App. 317 (2) ( 160 S.E.2d 414).