Smith v. State

COOK, Justice.

We granted this certiorari petition to consider whether the trial court erred by admitting Bradley Smith’s prior driving record into evidence in a criminal prosecution based on a motor vehicle collision. We conclude that it did. Therefore, we reverse the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals and remand.

On June 19, 1992, Smith slammed his Toyota Cressida automobile into the rear of Staci Johnson’s Jeep CJ-7 as she traveled down Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores. Johnson and passenger Ronald Wilson were thrown from the Jeep; Johnson died from her injuries, and Wilson was…