Archie v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

Freddie Archie was convicted of armed robbery, kidnapping, and possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony. He appeals, claiming that the court erred in allowing the state to introduce evidence of two similar transactions: Archie’s prior armed robbery conviction, and Archie’s forcible robbery of another inmate’s necklace while in jail awaiting trial.

Although the court properly admitted Archie’s prior armed robbery conviction as sl similar transaction, it erred in allowing evidence of the in-jail robbery because it is not sufficiently similar to the crimes…