This evidence was clearly admissible. Gravely v. State, 169 Ga. App. 757 ( 315 S.E.2d 271) (1984); Lord v. State, 156 Ga. App. 492, 493 (2) ( 274 S.E.2d 641) (1980); Morgan v. State, 161 Ga. App. 67 (2) ( 288 S.E.2d 836) (1982); Carter v. State, 168 Ga. App. 177 (2) ( 308 S.E.2d 438) (1983). 2.
As part of the res gestae of the crime of conspiracy, the taped conversations were admissible even though they tended to place Simmons' character in issue. See Gravely v. State, 169 Ga. App. 757 (1) ( 315 S.E.2d 271) (1984); Williams v. State, 142 Ga. App. 764 (8), supra. This enumeration of error has no merit.