Fields v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Cherry, J.:

Linda Fields was convicted of one count of first-degree murder. She now appeals her conviction on the basis of the district court’s admission of evidence of a prior bad act in the form of a prior uncharged conspiracy. Linda argues that such evidence was inadmissible for two reasons. First, Linda contends that the evidence did not fall within the common-plan-or-scheme exception to the general rule excluding bad act evidence because the crime charged was not similar enough to the prior conspiracy. Second, Linda contends that even if the bad act evidence was…