Gresham v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Darrin Gresham guilty of rape, simple battery, attempted kidnapping, theft by bringing a stolen vehicle into the state, burglary, and three counts of aggravated assault. Gresham appeals, challenging several evidentiary rulings and the sufficiency of the evidence supporting one of his aggravated assault convictions. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in favor of the verdict, 1 the evidence shows that the victim was Gresham’s former girlfriend. In September 1995, following a physically abusive two-year relationship, the victim moved from Virginia to Georgia to…