McNair v. State

STEELE, Chief Justice:

Willie L. McNair appeals his convictions in Superior Court for Third Degree Burglary, Theft, Offensive Touching, and Criminal Mischief. McNair claims that the trial judge erred by (1) admitting evidence of McNair’s similar bad acts, (2) denying McNair’s motion for mistrial, and (3) failing to give the jury a missing evidence instruction. Because the trial judge committed no error, we AFFIRM.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

A. McNair breaks into a parked car.

On January 17, 2008, Joseph Silva, a security guard at a multi-story parking garage in Wilmington, Delaware, encountered…