People v. McDaniel

Following a jury trial, defendant Derrick D. McDaniel was convicted of first-degree retail fraud, MCL 750.356c, and sentenced as a fourth-*167offense habitual offender, MCL 769.12, to four to twenty years’ imprisonment. He appeals as of right. We affirm.

Defendant first argues the trial court erred in admitting evidence of his prior larceny convictions because the similarity between the prior convictions and the present conviction was such that the evidence was more prejudicial than probative. We disagree.

Ordinarily, the decision whether a prior conviction that involves a theft component may be…