Woodward v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Abdullah Woodward appeals from the judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of rape and statutory rape. Woodward claims the trial court erred in admitting similar transaction evidence, in having a discussion in chambers when he was not present, and in allowing the State to introduce evidence that he used drugs and possessed a firearm. For reasons that follow, we conclude there was no reversible error and affirm.

The evidence at trial, taken in the light most favorable to the verdict, was that the victim, C. J., who was 13 at the time, walked to a recreation…