Opinion ID: 2433485
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Separate Crimes Evidence

Text: Nicklasson challenges the trial court's action in admitting evidence of the burglary of the Smith home, an assault, and unspecified weapons offenses from other states in the guilt phase. Evidence of uncharged crimes that are independent of and logically relevant to a fact issue in the case may be admissible if the probative value outweighs the prejudice. State v. Gray, 887 S.W.2d at 386. This Court faced, and rejected, the issues raised by Nicklasson previously in Skillicorn . There, the majority held that when evidence of other crimes shows the sequence of events surrounding the charged crime, the evidence is admissible provided it has some legitimate tendency to prove that the accused committed the crime for which he is being tried and is more probative than prejudicial. Skillicorn, 944 S.W.2d at 887. There is no reason to depart from the majority's position in Skillicorn . The point is denied.