Rakestraw v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellants in these companion cases were indicted and tried jointly for the offense of burglary. The jury returned verdicts of guilty. Appellant Rakéstraw received a fifteen-year sentence and appellant Brown received a sentence of five years. They appeal.

1. Over objection, the trial court admitted evidence of an independent burglary to which Rakestraw and Brown had entered guilty pleas. The admission of this evidence is enumerated as error. “ ‘ “On a prosecution for a particular crime, evidence which in any manner shows or tends to show that the accused has committed another…