Brown v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Melvin Brown, Jr., was tried and convicted of murder and related offenses committed against Javious Tucker and Cyntrelis Boggs.1 Brown appeals, claiming that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, that he received ineffective assistance of counsel, that other acts evidence was erroneously admitted at trial, and that the trial court erroneously failed to grant Brown's motion for a mistrial. Because we find that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting Brown's other acts evidence, we reverse.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to…