Cline v. State

Doyle, Judge.

Following a jury trial, James Cline appeals his conviction of aggravated sexual battery 1 and cruelty to children, 2 contending that (1) the trial court erroneously granted the State’s motion in limine regarding a State’s witness’s first-offender guilty plea to a drug offense; (2) the court erred in admitting evidence of three similar transactions involving Cline’s prior sexual abuse of underage girls; (3) the court erred in denying his motion for new trial based on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel; and (4) the evidence was insufficient to support the guilty verdict…