State v. Thompson

Opinion

TOOMEY, Judge:

¶ 1 Bill Robert Thompson was intoxicated and enraged when he assaulted and threatened people at his house, then got behind the wheel of his full-sized pickup track and sped away. He eventually ran a red light, hitting seven other vehicles, injuring several people and killing another. He was convicted of a number of crimes and appeals some of those convictions on two grounds: first, he contends that the trial court erred in permitting the introduction of what he characterizes as irrelevant and prejudicial evidence against him, and second, he argues that the evidence was…