Woods v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

Barron Woods was convicted of aggravated assault and simple battery for offenses committed against his girlfriend. Although he raises nine enumerations of error, Woods’ challenges to the convictions fall within three categories: the trial court’s allegedly improper admission of similar transaction evidence; its failure to find that the simple battery conviction merged as a matter of fact with the aggravated assault conviction; and its finding that Woods was not denied effective assistance of trial counsel. Because each of Woods’ arguments is without merit, we affirm…