Tyson v. State

Pope, Presiding Judge.

Defendant John Tyson was convicted following a jury trial of child molestation, aggravated child molestation, distribution of obscene materials and aggravated sodomy. Defendant filed a motion for new trial, which was denied, and then appealed to this Court.

1. Defendant first enumerates as error the admission of similar transaction evidence on the grounds that the similar acts were too remote. We agree with defendant and reverse. The similar evidence witness, Mabel Gregg, was born in September 1945 and was 51 years old at the time of trial. She testified she first met the…