State v. Blalock

WHICHARD, Judge.

Defendant contends the court erred in admitting evidence of his prior acts of violence against the victim and other members of his family. He argues that this evidence was irrelevant and highly prejudicial and that it did not fall within any of the recognized exceptions to the general rule excluding evidence of unrelated offenses in a prosecution for a particular offense.

The general rule is that evidence of other unrelated offenses is not admissible to prove the character of a defendant in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. N.C. Gen. Stat. 8C-1, Rule 404(b);…