Brown v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Dallas Leo Brown appeals his sentence and conviction of two counts of robbery. His sole enumeration is the trial court erred in admitting into evidence appellant’s prior armed robbery conviction.

Evidence of other criminal acts of the defendant may be admitted if it is substantially relevant for some other purpose than to show a probability that the defendant committed the crimes on trial merely because he is a man of bad character. Rich v. State, 254 Ga. 11, 13 (1) (325 SE2d 761), accord Robinson v. State, 192 Ga. App. 32, 33 (383 SE2d 593). Thus, such evidence is not…