Turner v. State

Mikell, Judge.

Michael Kelvine Turner was indicted, tried, and convicted of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sexual battery, child molestation, statutory rape, and two counts of sodomy. The trial court denied Turner’s motion for new trial, and he appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in allowing the jury to read a transcript of a tape recording played during the trial and in admitting similar transaction evidence. We disagree and affirm.

The evidence demonstrates that Turner sexually molested the victim over the course of several years, beginning when she was 13 years old. Turner…