State v. Armstrong

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

The major issue presented by these consolidated appeals and petition for review of a denial of post-conviction relief is whether defendant’s statements regarding prior bad acts (crimes) are admissible, absent independent proof that the prior bad acts were committed. We hold that they are admissible.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining the jury verdicts, the evidence at trial in Maricopa County cause number CR 90-00708 established that appellant Loil Minor Armstrong (defendant) telephoned an undercover Mesa police officer on…