CALOGERO, Chief Justice.
Defendant was charged with simple robbery of a patron inside the LNB bank near downtown Baton Rouge. During the trial defendant attempted to introduce evidence that two similar robberies which had occurred in other banks located in the same general area, within a three month time frame, were committed by one Michael Jackson, a black male near the same age as defendant, and not dissimilar in appearance. Defendant's objective, of course, was...
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