Flagg v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41. He contends the court erred in admitting evidence of other crimes as testified to by three witnesses and in imposing a sentence of ten years to serve based upon a misconstruction of OCGA § 16-8-41 (b).

1. Before evidence of an independent crime is admissible to show motive, intent, plan, identity, bent of mind or course of conduct, two principal conditions must be met: 1) there must be evidence that defendant was the perpetrator; 2) there must be sufficient similarity or logical connection between the independent…