Taylor v. State

STEELE, Justice for the Majority:

On September 23, 1999, a Superior Court jury found Tyrone L. Taylor, Appellant, Defendant-Below, guilty of eleven drug-related charges including intent to deliver cocaine. Taylor filed a timely notice of appeal. Taylor argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted: two prior drug-related convictions during the State’s case-in-chief; the testimony of a police officer regarding his observations of the area outside Taylor’s home; and, the cocaine Taylor allegedly sold. We find that admitting Taylor’s pri- or convictions during the State’s…