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ALLEN v. THE STATE.
A97A2053.
JOHNSON, Judge.
Judgment affirmed. Pope, P. J., and Senior Appellate Judge Harold R. Banke concur.
Drug violation. Glynn Superior Court. Before Judge Wilkes.
A jury rejected Joelynn Allen's coercion defense and found her guilty on two counts of selling crack cocaine. She appeals from the judgment entered on that conviction, asserting the trial court erred in denying her motion for mistrial when her character was impermissibly placed in evidence.
The motion for mistrial came as a police officer was describing how Allen had been identified as the person seen on a videotape selling drugs to undercover officers. "During the trans -- actual transaction, we were unaware of the defendant's true name. We show, we turned over our video tape to our RNS which is the Regional Narcotics Specialist, who is actually the coordinator of these undercover investigations, our boss, in essence. And he took [the] video tape and showed it to the Metro Drug Task Force, which is also in Glynn County, and some of their agents recognized [her]."
App. 62, 64 (2) (418 SE2d 632) (1992); McKenzie v. State, 187 Ga. App. 840, 845-846 (6) (371 SE2d 869) (1988). The trial court did not err in denying Allen's motion for mistrial.
Stephen D. Kelley, District Attorney, Ann S. Williams, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
James J. Lacy, Timothy L. Barton, for appellant.
DECIDED JANUARY 29, 1998 -- CERT. APPLIED FOR.
Sunday July 20 02:48 CDT


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