Court Opinion

ID: 9634842
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:25:51.389555+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:11.145364
License: Public Domain

McDERMOTT, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent. The two incidents here were as nearly similar as human events will allow. Both victims were elderly, relatively defenseless women who were preyed upon in the night. Both were mercilessly beaten. In both instances the assailant broke into their houses under cover of darkness. Both crimes occurred within a two month period within four blocks of each other.
*486In addition, appellant had links to both places, having left his palm print in one location, and being in possession of articles taken from the second location.
Rather than having erred in introducing this evidence I believe the prosecution would have been remiss if they had not tried to exploit its relevance.