Ryan v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

David Ryan was indicted on charges of rape and child molestation. A jury found him guilty of child molestation and acquitted him of rape but found him guilty of the lesser included offense of sexual battery. On motion for new trial, the trial court merged the sexual battery count into the child molestation count for sentencing purposes. The remainder of Ryan’s motion for new trial, as amended, was denied. He appeals, raising three enumerations of error. He contends that his right to due process of law was violated when bad character evidence was admitted and also when…