Sims v. State

I respectfully dissent. I would affirm this judgment. To begin with, I am of the opinion that the testimony proffered by the prosecuting attorney was admissible in evidence, even though it tended to prove other offenses by appellant. I do not agree with the majority characterization of the proffered testimony as suspicious circumstances only, apparently made because the owners of the lost property believed that their baby-sitter had stolen their missing property found in her possession. This was more than suspicion; it was evidence of larceny, at the most, and possession of stolen property,…