Mazepa v. State

FERGUSON, Judge.

The dispositive question in this case is whether it was error to present to a jury, in a trial for grand theft, evidence of a theft committed by appellant in another state.

Appellant was convicted for the theft of a diamond ring having an alleged value of $20,000 to $25,000. The undisputed evidence as to the circumstances surrounding the subject larceny is as follows.

The victim, owner and operator of Snow’s Jewelry in Coral Gables, Florida, came into possession of an expensive pear-shaped diamond ring on consignment sometime in late December, 1980 or early January, 1981. A few…