BROWN v. STATE

64898.

164 Ga. App. 118 (1982)

296 S.E.2d 415

BROWN v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Francisco, for appellant.

Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Thomas J. Matthews, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


CARLEY, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted for theft of a motor vehicle. Appellant's sole enumeration of error is the admission, over objection, of testimony concerning an earlier independent theft by appellant of a motor vehicle which had occurred approximately five years earlier.

"[B]efore evidence of independent crimes is admissible two conditions must be satisfied. First, there must be evidence that the defendant was in fact the perpetrator of the...

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