A Richmond County jury convicted Michael Erwin Holton of child molestation, OCGA § 16-6-4 a, following an incident involving his girlfriend’s seven-year-old daughter, D. C. Holton appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial, contending the trial court erred in excluding certain evidence under the rape shield statute and in admitting evidence that had not been provided during discovery. He also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction. Finding no error, we affirm. On review of a criminal conviction, the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence, and we view the evidence and all reasonable deductions therefrom in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307, 319 III B 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979; McGhee v. State , 263 Ga. App. 762 1 589 SE2d 333 2003. Viewed in this light, the evidence showed that, on December 3, 2002, D. C. arrived at school late. She was crying and told the teacher that she had gotten into trouble for not hugging her mother’s boyfriend. The victim was upset and “clingy” all day, and did not want to get onto the school bus that afternoon. The teacher notified the school counselor, who testified that she talked to the victim the next day. According to the counselor, the victim said that sometimes when she hugged Holton, he “tickled” her chest and vaginal area, and that this had happened more than once. She also reported that he had touched her with his finger inside her pants.
The counselor talked to D. C.’s mother and Holton the next day. The counselor testified about statements made to her by Holton, as follows: “Mr. Holton said that the only thing that he could think that could have happened was there was one night when they had several people over at their house and he and the mother and the victim had to sleep in the same bed. And . . . he had a sexually arousing dream and he woke up and found himself rubbing on D. C..” The counselor also asked Holton and D. C.’s mother about the victim’s “sexualized” behavior, noting that she would often come to school “extremely made up,” wearing blush and lipstick. The mother responded that she did not know the victim had makeup, and Holton volunteered that he had purchased it for the victim. In addition to this information, the mother told the counselor that D. C. had previously been molested when she lived in Mississippi.
