Following a jury trial, Randy Furlow was convicted on one count of false imprisonment,1 one count of rape,2 and two counts of aggravated child molestation.3 He appeals his convictions and the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to proffer Furlow’s anticipated testimony regarding the victim’s alleged sexual behavior, which was excluded, and by not objecting or moving for a mistrial when a witness testified regarding Furlow’s future dangerousness. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Davis v. State ,4 the evidence shows that Furlow was the uncle of nine-year-old K. W. his sister’s daughter and often watched his sister’s three children after school. On November 18, 2005, just after K. W. and her younger brother had arrived home from school, Furlow told her to go to her room and change out of her school clothes. While she was undressing, Furlow entered her room and told her that she needed to put on some clothes that were lying in the floor of her closet. As K. W. looked into the closet, Furlow, who had partially removed his pants, grabbed her by the waist and forced her onto his lap. She struggled to get away, but Furlow continued to hold her by the waist while putting his privates into her privates and bottom. After a few minutes, K. W. was able to escape to the living room. Shortly thereafter, her eleven-year-old brother got home from school, and K. W. told him what had happened.
Later that night, after her mother had given Furlow a ride to a friend’s house, K. W. told her mother that Furlow had sexually molested her. Subsequently, K. W.’s mother dropped the children off at their grandmother’s house and drove around much of the night crying and wondering what to do. The next day, after seeing that blood had come from K. W.’s privates while she was bathing, K. W.’s mother took her to the hospital, where an examination indicated that K. W. had suffered a minor injury to her privates that was consistent with sexual abuse. While at the hospital, K. W.’s mother contacted the police to report that Furlow had sexually molested her daughter.
