Kimmons v. State

Miller, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Frankey Kimmons was convicted on two counts of aggravated child molestation. On appeal he contends that (1) the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce character evidence in the form of Kimmons’s prior criminal history after Kimmons allegedly opened the door to such evidence, and (2) his trial counsel was ineffective. We discern no error and affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence reveals that Kimmons molested his live-in girlfriend’s five-year-old daughter on several occasions. The victim told a neighbor and a…