State v. Williams

OPINION

WADE, Judge.

The defendant, Clarence Lee Williams, appeals from his conviction for aggravated sexual battery. The trial court imposed a nine-year sentence.

The following issues have been presented for review:(1) whether the trial court properly rejected an offered plea of guilt to a lesser offense; and(2) whether the trial court erroneously permitted evidence of a prior bad act.

We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In December of 1989, the defendant resided in Sullivan County with Ruth Gilman, and her three children, an eight-year-old girl (the victim), a six-year-old girl, and a…