State v. Beck

PLEICONES, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder and received a life sentence. He appeals, arguing the circuit court erred in admitting evidence of a prior bad act and of a statement he had made several months before this murder. We affirm.

ISSUES

Did the trial judge err in admitting evidence that the appellant had assaulted and robbed an escort service employee two days prior to the murder for which he was on trial?

Did the trial judge err in admitting the appellant’s statement, uttered some four months prior to this crime, that he planned to rob escort service employees?

FACTS

On November…