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STATE v. WOODSON

No. 8028SC653.

272 S.E.2d 167 (1980)

STATE of North Carolina v. Robert Morris WOODSON.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 2, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty Gen. Rufus L. Edmisten by Associate Atty. Gen. Evelyn M. Coman, Raleigh, for the State.

Long, McClure, Parker, Hunt & Trull by William A. Parker, Asheville, for defendant-appellant.

VAUGHN, Judge.

Defendant contends that he was prejudiced by the State's introduction of evidence of his earlier conviction and by the numerous references to that conviction throughout the trial.

The general rule is that, in a prosecution for a particular crime, the State cannot offer evidence to show that the defendant has committed another distinct, independent or separate offense even though the other offense...

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