State v. Johnson

BROCK, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error that the State was allowed to offer evidence of the transaction between defendant and the confidential informer two weeks before the search in question. He argues that this violates the rule against allowing evidence of one crime to prove the commission of another. He cites State v. McClain, 240 N.C. 171, 81 S.E. 2d 364, in support of his argument.

The evidence complained of by defendant was properly admitted under the exceptions to the general rule as pointed out in State v. McClain, supra. Defendant and his wife absolutely denied knowledge of the…