People v. Bartels

In a jury trial the defendant was found guilty of burglary and theft of property having a value in excess of $150. The court entered judgment on both verdicts and sentenced the defendant to 1-3 years in the State Penitentiary only on the burglary count.

While the defendant has raised three issues for review, the principal question that presents itself to this court is whether the admission of possible inferential evidence of other crimes at the trial of the defendant denied him due process of law. Tire second contention of the defendant, which we will consider first, is that he was improperly…