State v. DeMarco

I

Our first inquiry concerns the trial court’s admission, over objection, of evidence relating to other alleged acts of misconduct by appellant, involving different automobiles. Appellant’s counsel filed a motion in limine which requested that the prosecutor be prohibited from presenting evidence of alleged acts of misconduct other than those charged in the indictment. Pursuant to this motion, the court ordered that the prosecutor address the court at a sidebar conference at any time he intended to bring in “any evidence pertaining to similar acts.”

During appellant’s trial, the court permitted…