The denial of this motion for a mistrial is enumerated as error. In Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716 ( 235 S.E.2d 384) (1977), the State asked a police officer "when he discovered the true name of the defendant. His response was: `After I checked his record.

This court has previously held that a passing reference to a defendant's record does not place his character in evidence. Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716 ( 235 S.E.2d 384) (1977). See also Cochran v. State, 177 Ga. App. 471 (3) ( 339 S.E.2d 749) (1986); Bell v. State, 162 Ga. App. 527 (1) ( 292 S.E.2d 114) (1982).

This court has previously held that a passing reference to a defendant's record does not place his character in evidence. Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716 ( 235 S.E.2d 384) (1977). See also Cochran v. State, 177 Ga. App. 471 (3) ( 339 S.E.2d 749) (1986); Bell v. State, 162 Ga. App. 527 (1) ( 292 S.E.2d 114) (1982).

We disagree. In Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716 ( 235 S.E.2d 384) (1977), we held that testimony by a police officer that he "checked the defendant's record" fell just short of improperly placing the defendant's character in issue. The statement by Detective Arcangeli in this case is much less prejudicial than the statement upheld by this court in Ogles.

The answer of the witness falls short of placing Williams' character into evidence. Creamer v. State, 229 Ga. 704, 708 ( 194 S.E.2d 73) (1972); Woodard v. State, 234 Ga. 901 (2) ( 218 S.E.2d 629) (1975); Fleming v. State, 236 Ga. 434, 439 ( 224 S.E.2d 15) (1976); and Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716 ( 235 S.E.2d 384) (1977). There is no merit in this enumeration of error.

See generally Jack Goger, Daniel's Georgia Handbook on Criminal Evidence, § 4-40 (2004 ed.). See Jackson v. State, 261 Ga. 734, 735-736 (5) ( 410 SE2d 115) (1991) (a police detective's testimony that he had checked a photograph and criminal history of the defendant while at the police bureau did not place the defendant's character in issue); Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716, 716-717 ( 235 SE2d 384) (1977) (a police officer's testimony that he discovered the true name of the defendant after "check[ing] his record" did not put the defendant's character in issue); Harris v. State, 191 Ga. App. 399 ( 381 SE2d 602) (1989) (a police officer's statement that she obtained a photograph of the defendant for a photographic lineup shown to the victim from the police department's identification section did no more than refer to the fact that the defendant's photograph was already in police records and, therefore, did not inject the defendant's character into evidence). 279 Ga. at 777 (4).

There was testimony that Mims' brother is named Darren. Given these circumstances, we find the trial court did not manifestly abuse its discretion by denying the motion for mistrial. Fulton v. State, 278 Ga. 58, 61 (6) ( 597 SE2d 396) (2004); Taylor v. State, 272 Ga. 559, 561 (2) (c) ( 532 SE2d 395) (2000); Johnson v. State, 256 Ga. 604, 605 (2) ( 351 SE2d 623) (1987); Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716 ( 235 SE2d 384) (1977); Hubbard v. State, 259 Ga. App. 275, 278 (4) ( 576 SE2d 663) (2003); Grant v. State, 161 Ga. App. 403, 403-404 (2) ( 288 SE2d 118) (1982). 2.

We agree that under the circumstances outlined above, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion for mistrial based on this testimony. Fulton v. State, 278 Ga. 58, 61 (6) ( 597 SE2d 396) (2004); Johnson v. State, 256 Ga. 604, 605 (2) ( 351 SE2d 623) (1987); Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716 ( 235 SE2d 384) (1977); Hubbard v. State, 259 Ga. App. 275, 278 (4) ( 576 SE2d 663) (2003); Grant v. State, 161 Ga. App. 403, 403-404 (2) ( 288 SE2d 118) (1982). 3. Lastly, Brown challenges the denial of her motion to suppress the evidence found during the execution of the search warrant because the State failed to disclose that an informant provided the information used to secure the search warrant.

Johnson v. State, 256 Ga. 604, 605 ( 351 S.E.2d 623) (1987).Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716, 716-717 ( 235 S.E.2d 384) (1977).Woodard v. State, 234 Ga. 901, 902 (2) ( 218 S.E.2d 629) (1975).

These passing references to another county and another judge did not place appellant's character in evidence. See, e.g., Ogles v. State, 238 Ga. 716 ( 235 S.E.2d 384) (1977); Cochran v. State, 177 Ga. App. 471 (3) ( 339 S.E.2d 749) (1986). Accordingly, it was not error to deny appellant's motion for mistrial.