Opinion ID: 179514
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: McClendon's Testimony

Text: Ace McClendon was a heroin addict who helped lure Bobby Bass out of his house in November 1996 (by pretending to want to buy drugs from him) so that Henderson could kill him. McClendon testified that a couple days after the murder plot had been successfully completed, Henderson brought him some drugs that he did not have to pay for. Henderson did not object at trial, but now contends this was Rule 404(b) evidence that was not admitted for an admissible purpose and was not accompanied by a limiting instruction. Henderson contends this evidence of his involvement in drug trafficking may have unfairly prejudiced him in the eyes of the jury. Clearly, this evidence was intrinsic to the story of Bass's murder, tending to show that it was Henderson, with McClendon's assistance, who carried out the actual killing. The evidence was not Rule 404(b) evidence and its admission was not improper.