People v. Robinson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Meyer, J.

For other crime evidence to be admissible on the issue of identity, the identity of defendant as the perpetrator of the *545other crime, if not conceded or previously adjudicated, must be established by clear and convincing evidence. Because the only evidence connecting defendant with a prior bank robbery —the similarity of some of the clothing worn and how it was worn, of the wording of the notes handed the teller and the writing on the notes, in the two robberies — was insufficient to permit introduction of the highly prejudicial prior crime evidence presented, and…