Appellant was convicted of robbery by intimidation. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred (1) by allowing a сo-defendant to be called as a state witness when his name did not appear on the list of witnesses as required by OCGA § 17-7-110 (Codе Ann. § 27-1403); (2) by allowing the state to impeach its own witness through a prior inconsistent statement; (3) by allowing the jury to be shown a videotape of appellant and 22 other persons having their “mug shots” taken after their arrest; and (4) by failing to charge the jury on oral request on the lesser included offense of theft by taking.
Shortly after midnight a Martin Oil convenience store in Marietta, Georgiа, was robbed by two men, one of whom was identified as appellant.
1. Appellant contends it was error to allow Otis Carmiсhael, Jr., to appear as a state witness because his name was not included on the list of witnesses furnished to the defense, as required by OCGA § 17-7-110 (Code Ann. § 27-1403). That code section provides that a person charged with a criminal offense shall be entitled, on written demand, to a copy of the indictment and a list of witnesses on whose testimony the charge is founded. It also рrovides that “[w]ithout the consent of the defendant, no witness shall be permitted to testify for the state whose name does nоt appear on the list of witnesses as furnished to the defendant unless the prosecuting attorney shall state in his placе that the evidence sought to be presented is newly discovered evidence which the state was not aware of аt the time of its furnishing the defendant with a list of the witnesses.” Appellant argues that because Carmichael’s name was not on thе list of witnesses provided him, and the prosecutor made no claim of newly discovered evidénce, it was error to allоw Carmichael to testify as a state witness.
Carmichael was a co-indictee, charged with committing the robbery with appellant. Appellant’s counsel stated to the trial court that he was not contending he was not on notice, but the lettеr of the law says they shall not be allowed to testify. This same contention has been decided adversely to appellant.
Lingerfelt v. State,
2. When Carmichael was called as a witness he denied any *446 knowledge of the robbery; therefore, the state sought to impeach Carmichael by questioning him about a prior inconsistent statement he had made to the police. Appellant objected, contending the state knew that Carmichael had changed his story. The objection was overruled and appellant alleges that this was error.
The transcript shows clearly that the state was not aware that Carmichael was going to change his story, as the prosecuting attorney had not discussed the case with Cаrmichael after he was granted immunity in exchange for his promise to testify truthfully about the robbery. OCGA § 24-9-81 (Code Ann. § 38-1801) provides that a party may not impeach a witness voluntarily called by him “except where he can show to the court that he has been еntrapped by said witness by a previous contradictory statement.” In discussing this code section our Supreme Court held in
Wilson v. State,
3. The state was allowed to show a videotape of several persons, including appellant, taken by the police while “mug shots” of those persons were being made after their arrest. The videotape was used by the police for a photographic lineup at which the victim identified appellant. Appellant contends it was error to admit the videotape into evidence and allow it to be played to the jury, as it was not necessary. He аrgues that the prosecution could have shown by the victim’s testimony that she identified appellant at a pretrial lineuр, and playing the videotape was prejudicial because it showed appellant with several other criminals.
This court has held that it is not error to admit evidence of voice identification made by witnesses after viewing a videotape lineup in which the participants read sentences composed by the police.
Davis v. State,
As to appellant’s contention that it was prejudicial to show him with a grouр of criminals, the admission into evidence of “mug shots” used in a photographic array (lineup) does not put an apрellant’s character into evidence.
Ambros v. State,
4. Appellant contends the triаl court erred by failing to charge the jury on the lesser included offense of theft by taking. Appellant made no written request fоr such a charge. “The failure to instruct on a lesser included crime is not error, regardless of whether the evidence would have authorized or demanded such a charge, in the absence of a written request.”
Walston v. State,
Judgment affirmed.