State v. Roberts , 247 Ga. 456 ( 1981 )

Jordan, Chief Justice,

concurring specially.

I fully agree with the result reached in the majority opinion. This conclusion is bolstered by the magnificent words of Justice Lumpkin in Ganahl v. Shore, 24 Ga. 17, at p. 26 (1858): “Tell me not of technical rules of evidence! They have excluded the light of day from the jury box long enough. Not only open wide doors and windows, but unroof the temples of justice, that all the rays of truth may beam brilliantly upon those who are set for the administration of the law.”