Castaldo v. State

OPINION

The opinion was delivered

In this case we address whether Rule 404(b) prohibits the admission of extraneous bad acts committed by a third party and whether same transaction contextual evidence ever requires a limiting instruction. We will reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals.

1. Background

Sheriffs Deputy Scott Dyson was alerted to watch for a possible intoxicated driver headed south on Interstate Highway 45. Before the vehicle reached his location, a dispatcher informed Dyson that the automobile had turned around and was headed north in the southbound lane of 1^45. Dyson…