People v. Arrington

BABCOCK, Judge.

Defendant, Nathaniel Arrington, appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding him guilty of aggravated robbery, felony theft, conspiracy to commit felony theft and aggravated robbery, and mandatory sentence for violent crime. Defendant asserts that the trial court erred in allowing introduction of evidence of a similar transaction and intro-' duction of the defendant’s testimony taken at a previous trial. We reverse.

On January 16, 1981, three armed black men disguised with ski masks, robbed an Allright Parking Lot in northeast Denver. Four women were…