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Coleman v. State

The defendant approached the victim during her morning jog, lifted her jacket, groped her buttocks, and penetrated her vagina through her clothes with his finger.

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A jury found Randy Coleman guilty of aggravated sexual battery. On appeal, Coleman challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. Coleman also contends that the trial court erred in admitting similar transaction evidence. Finding the evidence sufficient and no error in the admission of evidence, we affirm. 1. On appeal from a criminal conviction, the defendant no longer enjoys a presumption of innocence, and we view the evidence in a light favorable to the verdict.1 We neither weigh the evidence nor determine witness credibility, but merely determine whether the evidence was sufficient for a rational trier of fact to find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.2

Viewed in this light, the record reveals that during the morning of March 17, 2003, the victim was jogging down the street when she was approached by a man. After the man passed her, the victim felt someone lift her jacket and grope her buttocks. According to the victim, she felt a hand “between her legs groping inside her . . . vaginal area. And she felt a finger penetrate her vagina through her clothes.” The victim spun around, saw a man —unknown at the time, but subsequently identified as Coleman —and began to scream. Coleman ran to a white car that was parked a few feet away. The victim followed the man, obtained the license plate number of the car, and called out that she had gotten the number. At that point, Coleman made a lewd gesture toward the victim using his tongue.

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