State v. Surgeon

BECTON, Judge.

The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence of prior crimes committed by defendant. Before discussing the applicable rulés of law, we set out first, in context, the challenged testimony:

[A.] [The defendant] made a statement to me regarding the robbery of Beck’s Motel. He said that he did Beck’s Motel alone except for the. person who was driving the car. I asked him if it was a man or woman and he wouldn’t tell me. He would not implicate anyone else in any of the other crimes.

Q. Did you ask him about any other robbery here in Fayette-ville?

A.…