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Green v. State

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting other acts evidence in defendant's trial for battery and obstruction of a law enforcement officer, as the evidence was relevant and admissible.

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After a jury trial, Roger Lee Green, II, was convicted of battery and obstruction of a law enforcement officer. He argues on appeal that the trial court erred in admitting other acts evidence, but the trial court did not abuse his discretion in admitting the evidence. Green argues that the trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence of the victim’s prior conviction, but the trial court was authorized to find that Green had not timely notified the state of his intent to introduce the evidence. Green argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial because the state made an improper propensity argument, but the trial court did not abuse his discretion by instead addressing the improper argument through instruction to the jury. Finally, Green argues that the trial court improperly increased his sentence, but the record does not support this claim. Accordingly, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the judgment, the evidence showed that on the morning of December 11, 2013, Green and a neighbor got into an argument outside of Green’s house. Green became enraged, approached the neighbor as the neighbor backed away, and hit the neighbor in the face, visibly injuring him and causing him to drop his phone. Green threatened to hit the neighbor again, then picked up the phone and threw it across the neighbor’s yard.

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