Greer v. State

Pope, Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction on two counts of child molestation and one count of simple battery.

1. Defendant asserts that the trial court erred by allowing the State to present evidence of defendant’s prior conviction in Texas. “Evidence of similar crimes is admissible where its relevance to show identity, motive, plan, scheme, bent of mind and course of conduct, outweighs its prejudicial impact.” Oller v. State, 187 Ga. App. 818, 819-820 (371 SE2d 455) (1988). See Johnson v. State, 242 Ga. 649 (3) (250 SE2d 394) (1978). Before evidence of similar crimes “is admissible, two…