Collar v. State

Beasley, Judge,

concurring specially.

I concur fully in Divisions 1 and 3.1 concur in Division 2 in finding no error, because the evidence, if otherwise admissible, was not shown to have scientific validity. Harper v. State, 249 Ga. 519, 523 (1) (292 SE2d 389) (1982). I do not reach the other ground of exclusion, which is based on whether the evidence has a valid purpose. That is the question addressed in Jennette v. State, 197 Ga. App. 580, 581 (3) (398 SE2d 734) (1990), and Smith v. State, 247 Ga. 612 (277 SE2d 678) (1981).

Decided November 24, 1992. Clark & McLaughlin, Michael C. Clark, for appellant. Thomas C. Lawler III, District Attorney, Debra K. Turner, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.