Supreme Court of Iowa March 20, 1985, 84-468 (State v. Finchum)

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

This appeal presents two issues: whether the trial court improperly admitted evidence of defendant Gary Eugene Fine-hum’s other crimes which was used to demonstrate that he was a bad person, and whether the trial court erred in mandatorily sentencing defendant to consecutive terms under section 901.8 of the Iowa Code of 1983.