Newby v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

A Clayton County jury found Martin Benjamin Newby guilty of child molestation for an act he committed against his nine-year-old *357stepdaughter. He appeals and claims solely that “similar transaction” evidence of other sexual overtures Newby made toward the victim during the same time period as the indicted act were introduced without compliance with Uniform Superior Court Rule 31.3. This argument is unavailing. The evidence about which Newby complains demonstrated “prior difficulties” between the victim and Newby. “USCR 31.1 and 31.3 [do] not apply to evidence of‘prior…