An Elbert County jury found James Watley guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of kidnapping, OCGA § 16-5-40; aggravated sexual battery, OCGA § 16-6-22.2; sexual battery, OCGA § 16-6-22.1; and attempted rape, OCGA § § 16-6-1. See OCGA § 16-4-1 criminal attempt. Following the denial of his motion for a new trial, Watley appeals, challenging the admission of certain evidence and the sufficiency of the evidence. Finding no error, we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict,1 the record shows the following facts. On April 7, 2004, the 17-year-old victim was talking to a friend in her aunt’s yard. Watley pulled up in a white Lincoln Town Car and asked the victim a question. When the victim approached the car to hear Watley better, Watley pulled something from underneath the dashboard and told the victim to get in the car. Fearing the object was a gun, the victim complied. Watley drove to a remote, wooded area and parked. He told the victim to remove her clothes and pulled her to the ground when she refused. Watley pulled up the victim’s shirt and pulled down her pants. He tried to have intercourse with the victim and then inserted his finger in her vagina. After that, Watley retrieved a pink and white hand towel and a bottle of Suave hand lotion from the car and masturbated. He said that he was going to turn the victim into a stripper. Finally, Watley drove the victim back to her neighborhood and dropped her off, saying he would kill her if she told anyone about what happened. The victim noted the car’s license plate number.
The victim ran to a friend’s house and called 911. She described the assailant’s car as a white Lincoln Town Car, license plate number 572-MFG. The investigation revealed that Watley owned a white Lincoln Town Car which displayed license plate number 572-MGF. Investigators found pink and white hand towels and a bottle of Suave hand lotion in Watley’s car. The victim reported that her assailant had been wearing a red “Dickies” suit. At trial, Watley’s ex-girlfriend testified that she dated Watley for several weeks before April 7, 2004 and that she bought him a red “Dickies” suit during that period.
