Court Opinion

ID: 9573554
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Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:56:42.674281+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:41:36.659847
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Andrews, Judge,
dissenting.
As acknowledged by the majority, no objection was made below on the ground that OCGA § 17-7-93 (b) had been violated. Shoemake’s only statement after the reference to the guilty plea was made was “[t]hat’s putting her character in issue.” The witness had been called by Shoemake solely as a character witness and had already placed her character in issue. Jones v. State, 257 Ga. 753, 755 (1) (363 SE2d 529) (1988). The motion for mistrial was not made until after the close of the evidence and was not timely. Nelson v. State, 208 Ga. App. 671, 672 (3) (431 SE2d 450) (1993).
The objection made was not good and the objection now argued and addressed by the majority was never made below. Miller v. State, 260 Ga. 133, 135 (2) (390 SE2d 50) (1990); House v. State, 227 Ga. 257 (1) (181 SE2d 31) (1971); Edwards v. State, 188 Ga. App. 667, 670 (7) (374 SE2d 97) (1988).
I am authorized to state that Presiding Judge Birdsong joins in this dissent.