State v. Kemp

Defendant Tykim Kemp challenges his felony murder, robbery and conspiracy convictions, claiming that the trial court made three erroneous evidentiary determinations.

We conclude that, while the details of defendant’s confession to having engaged in a two-day robbery spree properly were admissible against him at his trial as evidence of “motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, [and] plant,]” as provided in Evidence Rule 404(b), the admission of evidence concerning a prior uncharged robbery purportedly also involving defendant was error requiring a retrial. We further conclude that, although…