Smith v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Smith was tried and convicted of aggravated sodomy arising out of his acts against his stepchild, and he appeals.

1. In his first enumeration of error, Smith contends that the trial court erred in allowing evidence of similar transactions. We disagree.

At trial, there was evidence that Smith forced his stepchild when she was approximately four or five years old to perform oral sex on him as punishment for sucking her thumb. The victim was ten at the time of trial. Smith contends that the trial court improperly allowed testimony regarding similar acts involving Smith’s niece.…