Court Opinion

ID: 9793707
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:51:46.18525+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:06:41.349487
License: Public Domain

*1274PARKS, Presiding Judge,
dissenting:
The testimony of State’s witness Steve Alexander should not have been admitted as evidence of other crimes or bad acts which were a part of the entire transaction. Unlike the events in Bruner v. State, 612 P.2d 1375 (Okl.Cr.1980), these actions did not take place in close proximity in time, nor did they constitute a continuous chain of events. Id. at 1377. A mere logical connection alone is insufficient to warrant admissibility of evidence where its prejudicial effect so strongly outweighs its probative value. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.