State v. Parker

BRYANT, Judge.

Where the State presents substantial evidence of each element of the charge of embezzlement, defendant’s motion to dismiss the charge is properly denied. Where evidence of prior bad acts admitted pursuant to Rule 404(b) is used to show, inter alia, motive, intent and common plan or scheme, and where the probative value of such evidence outweighs its prejudicial effect, the trial court has neither erred nor abused its discretion by admitting the evidence.

In 2008, defendant Susan Lynette Parker began work as a secretary in the Union County Public Schools (the “school system”).…