St.2d 91, paragraph three of the syllabus. Plain error is found where, but for the error, the outcome of the trial would have been otherwise. Notice of plain error under Crim. Long , paragraph three of the syllabus. The trial court did not commit plain error in admitting testimony that other crimes had been committed in the area.
Evidence is relevant if it has any tendency to prove a fact of consequence in the case.
The testimony at issue explained why Hewitt was holding a saw, and the fact that Hewitt waved the saw allowed the jury to infer that the suspect only fled the scene once he grew fearful for his own safety. The evidence was not unfairly prejudicial to appellant. The state neither argued nor implied that appellant perpetrated other crimes. Nor did the testimony violate Evid. Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith.