Court Opinion

ID: 9728683
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 14:14:09.265448+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:50.978194
License: Public Domain

J. H. Gillis, J.
(concurring). I agree that this
case should be reversed. However, I have found nothing in the record of the instant case to indicate that the prosecutor deliberately injected the improper evidence knowing it to be prejudicial and without probative value.
I would also like to note that I do not believe there should be a rule mandating reversal in all instances where improper prior bad acts testimony is elicited by a prosecutor. I think we have to take each case and analyze it in order to determine the effect that the complained of testimony had on the verdict.
I concur in the reversal of the conviction in the instant case.