Court Opinion

ID: 9634840
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:25:51.380353+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:11.142671
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*481NIX, Chief Justice,
dissenting.
Notwithstanding the majority’s valiant effort to explain away the similarities between the two crimes, I am not persuaded that the trial court’s ruling in admitting the testimony was incorrect. Both burglaries were committed within a four-block area, occurring within a period of two and one-half months, at approximately the same time, both victims being elderly females living alone, and in each instance the victim was severely beaten and the assailant wore dark clothing. In each instance the object of the crimes was to take items of value found on the premises.
I therefore dissent.