Prairie v. State

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Andrew G. Prairie appeals his conviction of Identity Deception, 1 a class D felony, presenting the following restated issue for review: Did the trial court abuse its discretion in admitting evidence pursuant to Indiana Evidence Rule 404(b)?

We affirm.

The facts favorable to the conviction are that on December 2, 2006, Sergeant John Towle of the Carmel Police Department was informed that Prairie was present at St. Vincent's Hospital (the hospital) in Car-mel for treatment and that he was wanted. Prairie had outstanding arrest warrants at the time. After discovering that…