Ross v. State

Banke, Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction of rape and aggravated sodomy. Held:

1. In his first enumeration of error, the defendant complains of the admission of evidence that he had committed three other rapes in the same neighborhood. Each of the prior victims was about the same age as the victim in this case, and, like the present victim, each encountered her assailant after departing Joe’s Disco. There were further similarities in the manner in which the victims were approached and the manner in which the offenses were carried out. Each victim positively identified the defendant as…