State v. Stoddard

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Appealing from a judgment of conviction for grand larceny, Daniel Stoddard presents two issues for our consideration. He contends first that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of prior criminal conduct, unrelated to the charge for which he was on trial. Second he argues that the court erred by declining to give a requested jury instruction on circumstantial evidence. We conclude that the court erred in admitting evidence of prior criminal conduct. Accordingly, the judgment of conviction must be reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.

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