Traylor v. the State

Ellington, Presiding Judge.

A Fulton County jury convicted Dathan Traylor of rape, OCGA § 16-6-1 (a), aggravated sodomy, OCGA § 16-6-2 (a) (2), and two counts of armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41 (a). Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Traylor appeals, asserting that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the guilty verdict. He further argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for mistrial and/or failing to give an appropriate curative instruction following inaccurate testimony related to a pretrial identification procedure and that his trial counsel rendered…