State v. Craven

Two cases upon all fours with the facts of this case require its reversal.

*22In the first of these, State v. Doll (1970), 24 Ohio St. 2d 130, the inflammatory effect that results from the introduction of evidence tending to show the commission of another offense by the defendant was recognized as generally so prejudicial as to justify a reversal under the facts of that case. The prejudice here is much more obvious than the prejudice in State v. Doll, and its lack of probative value on any material issue before the court is even more apparent. Standing alone, this error would require retrial of…