Brooks v. State

The defendant-appellant (Brooks) is appealing his conviction after a trial by jury of Third Degree Burglary and Theft of Property valued at more than $100. He was accordingly fined in the sum of $200 and sentenced to the State Farm for a year on the former count and sentenced to the Department of Corrections for not less than one nor more than ten years on the latter charge.

We agree with Brooks’ assertion that reversible error existed in the admission of portions of testimony by two witnesses concerning other criminal acts, purportedly committed by Brooks. This testimony consisted of…