Mims v. State

Dillard, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Christopher Mims was convicted of one count of aggravated battery and one count of aggravated assault. Mims appeals his convictions and the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting the victim’s prior consistent statement over his hearsay objection and in admitting a police officer’s allegedly irrelevant testimony regarding the scope of the officer’s investigation. For the reasons set forth infra, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s guilty verdict, 1 the evidence shows that late in the…