State v. Sharp

Hastings, District Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of robbery and sentenced to imprisonment for from 5 to 7 years. Defendant appeals on the sole ground that the trial court admitted evidence of independent criminal acts which had no relation to the offense charged.

Mrs. Leona Mae Paulsen testified that at 11:30 a.m., on March 13, 1968, within the City of Omaha, she was accosted by a man who -grabbed'her purse and ran. She later identified the defendant as her assailant when she viewed him in a police lineup. Two other witnesses, John B. Harrington and Larry Smith,…