Merritt v. State

2 Citing cases

  1. Hyatt v. State

    436 S.E.2d 540 (Ga. Ct. App. 1993)   Cited 5 times

    However, it is well settled that all circumstances connected with an accused's arrest are admissible as evidence at trial even though they may incidentally place defendant's character in issue. Tilley v. State, 201 Ga. App. 360, 361 (2) ( 411 S.E.2d 100); Merritt v. State, 201 Ga. App. 150, 151 (3) ( 410 S.E.2d 349); Blackshear v. State, 199 Ga. App. 839, 840 (2) ( 406 S.E.2d 269). When transactions involving other crimes are so connected in time and event as to be a part of the same transaction as that for which accused is being tried, they are admissible. Leonard v. State, 197 Ga. App. 221, 222 (1) ( 398 S.E.2d 250); Bostic v. State, 183 Ga. App. 430, 431 (1) ( 359 S.E.2d 201).

  2. Sullivan v. State

    418 S.E.2d 807 (Ga. Ct. App. 1992)   Cited 3 times

    Thus, a finding by the jury of the sale of cocaine would have implicitly been a finding of possession as charged in the indictment. See Merritt v. State, 201 Ga. App. 150 (2) ( 410 S.E.2d 349) (1991). We conclude, therefore, that the inclusion of certain language of the applicable Code section which was not pertinent to Count Two of the indictment was not reversible error.