Harden v. State

Banke, Judge.

The defendant appeals his convictions of rape, burglary, and aggravated assault. Held:

1. In his first enumeration of error, the defendant complains of the admission of evidence that he had committed another rape and a battery in the same neighborhood a week earlier.

“Evidence of independent crimes is admissible if there is evidence that the defendant in fact perpetrated the independent crimes and if there is a sufficient similarity or connection between the independent crime and the offense charged.” Johnson v. State, 152 Ga. App. 624, 625 (263 SE2d 509) (1979). Both the victim of…