Rodriguez v. State

KEHOE, Judge.

Appellant, defendant below, appeals a criminal conviction and sentence of imprisonment entered after a jury trial on multiple charges of uttering worthless checks. He asserts three points on appeal, one of which we agree requires reversal and remand for a new trial.

Appellant has worded the issue for our consideration as follows:

“THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ALLOWING THE STATE TO ELICIT TESTIMONY CONCERNING WHOLLY UNRELATED CONDUCT OF THE DEFENDANT TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THE CRIMES CHARGED, THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE DEFENDANT IN OTHER CURRENT COLLATERAL UNCHARGED CRIMES, AND THE FACT THAT…