Moore v. State

BENHAM, Chief Justice.

Charles Ansel Moore, Jr. was convicted of murder in connection with the beating death of his co-worker, Donald Timothy Aman. Moore argues the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a separate, subsequent assault he was accused of committing. We affirm the ruling of the trial court because we conclude that there was a sufficient connection between Moore’s subsequent assault of a co-worker and the crime at issue to authorize the trial court to admit evidence of the assault at trial.

1. Jeff Griffin, Moore’s roommate, testified that on August 17, 1998, Moore brought…