Wimberly v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of rape and appeals.

1. Appellant contends the trial court erred by admitting evidence of similar offenses, on the ground that there was no similarity between the independent offenses and the offense charged. Thus, appellant argues that his character was improperly placed in issue by the State.

According to the testimony of the victim, appellant, who was engaged to the victim’s twin sister, asked the victim to give him a ride home. The victim testified further that she drove appellant to his apartment and on arrival, appellant took the victim’s car keys,…