Rule of Evidence 404 prohibits evidence of other crimes, such evidence is admissible if offered to prove identity. Iowa R. Evid. 404(b); State v. Uthe, 542 N.W.2d 810, 814 (Iowa 1996). When evidence of other crimes is relevant and the probative value of such evidence is not substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, evidence of other crimes is admissible. Uthe, 542 N.W.2d at 814. We think the matching footprints at the Ripp residence are highly probative of the perpetrator of the burglaries at Twin Anchors. Moreover, the relevant nature of this evidence outweighs its prejudicial quality. Consequently, it would have been well within the district court’s discretion to admit this evidence even if the Twin Anchors case had not been consolidated with the Ripp case. See id. (<HOLDING>). Thus, the State did not have an unfair
holding the trial court did not abuse its discretion by admitting gangrelated evidence holding juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in admitting expert testimony holding that a district court did not abuse its discretion in excluding the testimony of a witness that was not highly probative holding trial court did not abuse its discretion in its admitting extraneous evidence to rebut a defensive theory holding trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting highly probative and relevant evidence of other crimes