Price v. State

David Newbern, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of theft of an automobile of a value in excess of $2500 and sentenced to 20 years confinement and afine of $15,000. His appeal raises the question whether evidence of previous offenses should have been admitted and whether the prosecutor’s closing remarks were so calculated to inflame the jury as to be a ground for mistrial. We affirm the conviction.

Billy Reno, a co-defendant who decided to plead guilty apparently shortly before the trial, testified that he and the appellant had been working together stealing cars. He said-on the day the…