Brown v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted for theft of a motor vehicle. Appellant’s sole enumeration of error is the admission, over objection, of testimony concerning an earlier independent theft by appellant of a motor vehicle which had occurred approximately five years earlier.

“[BJefore evidence of independent crimes is admissible two conditions must be satisfied. First, there must be evidence that the defendant was in fact the perpetrator of the independent crime. Second, there must be sufficient similarity or connection between the independent crime and the offense charged, that…