Bowers v. State

Appellant challenges his convictions for burglary and criminal mischief. He contends that the court erred in permitting a detective to testify as to his opinion whether an individual on a surveillance video was the appellant. He also argues that the court erred in permitting the state to question him regarding his failure to appear at a previous trial. As to the first claim, the issue was not properly preserved. As to the latter claim, the court did not abuse its discretion in permitting the evidence of flight to avoid prosecution. We thus affirm.

Two men broke into the victim’s home and stole…