Witt v. Commonwealth

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Robert Charles Witt (appellant) appeals from his jury trial conviction by the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth (trial court) for burglary and grand larceny. Appellant alleges the trial court erred (1) in failing to exclude certain portions of an audiotape as being evidence of other crimes, (2) by admitting into evidence the audiotapes when a proper foundation had not been laid, (3) by failing to grant a mistrial when the Commonwealth failed to link up portions of the “other crimes” evidence with the evidence presented at trial, and (4) by not granting a mistrial after a…