Payne v. State

Thompson, Justice.

We granted a petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to consider whether the Court of Appeals erred in Division 3 of Payne v. State, 290 Ga. App. 589 (660 SE2d 405) (2008), by affirming the trial court’s admission of similar transaction evidence in this case. Because the Court of Appeals correctly decided that evidence of Payne’s prior rape of an adult woman was sufficiently similar to the current child molestation charges to show bent of mind and course of conduct, we affirm.

William Christopher Payne was convicted on two counts of aggravated child…