State v. Holman

OPINION

BROCK, Chief Justice.

The defendant’s application for permission to appeal to this Court from the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming his conviction in the trial court was granted to review the question whether the trial court erred in permitting the State to introduce evidence tending to show that the defendant had committed a similar offense on another occasion and in refusing to permit the defendant to rebut the effect of such evidence by showing that he had been acquitted of the former offense.

The defendant operated a jewelry store in Hendersonville, Tennessee, and…