at 7 (3) (punctuation omitted). 5 291 Ga. App. 208 (661 SE2d 576) (2008). 6 Id. at 209 (1). 7 Id. at 210 (1). 8 Id. (punctuation omitted). 9 Id. at 210 (1) n.9. 10 Id. 11 Former OCGA § 24-9-67.1 (b), repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 2 (effective Jan. 1, 2013). OCGA § 24-7-702 (b), which became effective January 1, 2013, contains language identical to that quoted above from former OCGA § 24-9-67.1, but the provisions of Georgia’s new Evidence Code "apply to any motion made or hearing or trial commenced on or after” January 1, 2013. Ga. L. 2011, p. 99, § 101. Because the relevant trial occurred before this date, the prior evidence code applies in the case sub judice. 12 Former OCGA § 24-9-67.1 (b). 13 See id. 14 Cf. Jones v. Scarborough, 194 Ga. App. 468, 470 (3) (390 SE2d 674) (1990) (<HOLDING>). 15 Cf. Raines v. Maughan, 312 Ga. App. 303,
holding that trial court erred in prohibiting discovery or testimony from a witness it deemed an expert when appellant merely sought to discover facts that were observed by the witness holding that the defendants due process rights were violated when the trial judge singled out the only defense witness and indicated to that witness that he expected the witness to he and would personally ensure that the witness was prosecuted for perjury and thereby effectively drove that witness off the stand holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in allowing plaintiffs expert witness to testify when it also allowed defendants expert witness who disputed the methodology used by plaintiffs expert to testify holding that a forensic accountant is an expert witness not a lay witness holding that promises made by the prosecution to a witness in exchange for that witness testimony relate directly to the credibility of the witness