Powell v. the State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury acquitted Evelyn Powell of aggravated assault with a knife but convicted her of family violence battery, family violence terroristic threats and two counts of cruelty to children in the third degree for having committed aggravated assault and battery in the presence of a minor. On appeal, she argues that the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce similar transaction evidence and that the error was not harmless. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence at trial showed that the 13-year-old…