State v. Holder

Defendant Martley Leroy Holder appeals his jury conviction in the Fifth Judicial District in Washington County of theft of an operable motor vehicle. The sole question on appeal concerns the admissibility of evidence of another crime. We reverse.

Sometime between the close of business on the evening of July 16, 1981 and the *584following morning, a red Lincoln Mark VI and a red Chevrolet Luv pickup truck were stolen from Zion’s Chrysler-Plymouth car dealership in St. George.

The next day, at about 10:20 a.m., a Nevada highway patrolman, who had been alerted to be on the lookout for the red Lincoln,…