Harvey v. State

THOMPSON, Presiding Justice.

Appellant Michael Darnell Harvey was convicted of malice murder, rape, aggravated sodomy, and aggravated assault in connection with the strangulation death of Valerie Payton.1 He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial in which he challenged the sufficiency of the evidence and asserted the trial court erred in the admission of similar transaction evidence. Finding no error in the denial of his motion, we affirm.

*7931. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the jury was authorized to find that on October 19,1994, Harvey fatally strangled, raped,…