Criminal - Murder – Grand Larceny – ‘Other Crimes’ Evidence
By Deborah Elkins
September 3, 2008
At defendant’s trial for murder and grand larceny of a commercial dump truck, a Chesapeake Circuit Court says the prosecution can introduce evidence that defendant previously was convicted six times of grand larceny of tractor-trailers, as well as a pending North Carolina charge involving stealing and burning several tractor-trailers.
Commonwealth v. McMillian (Chesapeake Cir.Ct.) (VLW 008-8-189) (4 pp.)
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