Canaday v. State

Michael Canaday appeals his convictions for lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under sixteen,1 a second-degree felony, and sexual battery of a child under eighteen by a person in familial or custodial authority,2 a first-degree felony. The trial judge imposed concurrent sentences of fifteen years and thirty years, respectively. Canaday argues as his sole issue on appeal that the trial court erred by not granting his motion for new trial on grounds that Williams3 Rule evidence was improperly allowed to become a feature of the trial. As Canaday never sought a new trial on this basis or…