Stanek v. State

STATON, Judge.

Marlo Stanek was convicted by a jury of operating a motor vehicle while suspended as an habitual violator of traffic laws.1 His two-year sentence was suspended, and he was placed on probation for two years.2

On appeal, Stanek raises three issues. Restated, they are: f

1. Whether a police officer's testimony that the defendant had been a neighbor of his for approximately eighteen years implied that the defendant had a history of criminal activity and, if so, whether the trial court erred by admitting that testimony.

2. Whether the trial court erred by refusing to give the…