State v. Alley

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant brings forth assignments of error relating to the trial court’s admission, over defendant’s objection, evidence of previous, unrelated, non-criminal fires which caused property damage to defendant’s real and personal property. We find error in the trial and reverse.

The District Attorney questioned both defendant’s wife and defendant on cross-examination as to a number of previous, apparently non-criminal fires which had damaged defendant’s real and personal property.

On cross-examination, the district attorney questioned defendant’s wife as follows:

Q. And what happened…