Boyd v. State

Smith, Judge.

Jerry Don Boyd was indicted with three co-defendants on five counts of theft by receiving stolen motor vehicles and parts, OCGA § 16-8-7. A Bartow County jury found him guilty on four counts and acquitted him of the fifth charge. He appeals, contending that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a similar transaction.

In 1991, Boyd entered a guilty plea to a Bartow County indictment on three counts of theft by receiving stolen motor vehicles and a race car trailer. He also entered a guilty plea to a second Bartow County indictment on two counts of theft by receiving stolen…