Stewart v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge.
Troy Stewart, Jr. was convicted of rape, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. He enumerates two errors by the trial court: admitting evidence of two prior similar transactions and not continuing the case to allow him to seek other counsel.
1. Stewart objected to the first similar transaction at the pretrial Uniform Superior Court Rule 31.3 (B) hearing, but failed to do so at trial. In fact, when asked by the court if he had any objections to the certified conviction evidencing the transaction, Stewart’s counsel affirmatively stated he had none.
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