State v. Battle

The defendant, John L. Battle, Jr., appéals from his conviction on one count of grand larceny and one count of attempted grand larceny. On appeal he raises two issues: first, whether the State was erroneously permitted to introduce evidence of defendant’s involvement in other criminal activity; and second, whether the trial court unduly restricted defendant’s cross-examination of the State’s primary witness. For the reasons stated below, we find no error and affirm the conviction.

The crimes for which defendant was convicted were apparently part of a “cashback” bunco scheme which involved…