Crowell v. State

UPCHURCH, F.D., Jr., Judge,

Retired.

Crowell was convicted of two counts of aggravated battery. He appeals, contending that the circumstantial evidence on which the conviction was based was insufficient; that evidence of remote collateral acts were used to prove bad character or propensity to commit the crimes charged. We shall not discuss the other points raised because they are not necessary to resolution of this case.

On November 9, 1986, three teenage boys were exploring a wooded piece of property in Oveido owned by Betty Cro-well, appellant’s mother. They attempted to enter a locked tool…