Calloway v. State

Miller, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Owen Wayne Calloway, Jr., was convicted of child molestation. On appeal, he alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to object to the introduction of similar transaction evidence. Calloway claims that the similar transactions were inadmissible because too much time had elapsed between them and the charged offense. We disagree and affirm.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Short v. State, 234 Ga. App. 633, 634…