Howard v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of rape. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, appellant appeals raising three enumerations of error.

The evidence adduced at trial reveals that appellant approached the victim at the Five Points MARTA station in Atlanta and began talking to her. The victim had never seen appellant before that day. Appellant told the victim that he was going shopping and convinced her to take the bus with him to a mall. Appellant and the victim got on a bus headed toward the mall, but before the bus got to the mall, appellant persuaded the victim to…