Jones v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Nekida Jones was prosecuted for second-degree assault based on the allegation that he assaulted his girlfriend by striking her repeatedly on the head and strangling her. At Jones's trial, the State wished to fntro- duce evidence that Jones had committed a similar domestic assault in the past-i.e., had assaulted another girlfriend by striking her repeatedly on the head and strangling her.

However, rather than calling the victim of this earlier assault to the stand, the State offered documentary evidence to establish this prior act of assault. Specifically, the State…