State v. Greer

I

In holding that the admission of the testimony of the other instances of bribery or payoffs of the defendants Greer and Houston was prejudicial error, the Court of Appeals held that "other acts" testimony, as allowed by R. C. 2945.59, could not be permitted in the instant cause since the evidence of other *142acts of these defendants was not a material issue at trial. The holding of the Court of Appeals, as set forth in the decision of that court, was specifically as follows:

“Defendants Greer and S. Houston were charged with knowingly soliciting or accepting money from Audrey Matz, doing…