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decision to admit Polk's testimony at trial.” Brittain v. State, 329 Ga.App. 689, 766 S.E.2d 106 (November 17, 2014). Aggravated assault and related convictions affirmed; similar transaction evidence properly admitted. “The trial court appropriately determined that the facts of the Atkins murder were sufficiently similar to the abduction of Jones in that both cases involved the kidnaping of a significant other of a member of Brittain's restaurant-robbing crew, both victims were left with ligature marks, and both were taken to secluded wooded areas.[fn] Additionally, both women were taken to parts of the suburban metro Atlanta area with which Brittain was alleged to have independent familiarity from committing robberies.” Second similar transaction also was properly admitted: “both incidents involved victims known to Brittain, his surreptitious entry into their homes during early morning hours, and confrontations with a handgun.” Brown v. State, 295 Ga. 804, 764 S.E.2d 376 (October 6, 2014). Murder and firearms convictions affirmed; trial court properly admitted evidence of Brown’s prior gun use. Trial here centered on a gun battle between Brown and McKinney, co-defendants, and Richardson, which resulted in the death of a child nearby. Prior incident: “in May 1999, Brown was standing on his ex-girlfriend's porch with her, her daughter, and other children when he was approached by her new boyfriend and another man. Brown responded by pulling out a handgun, pointing it at the people on the porch, and pulling the trigger, although the gun did not fire. … In both incidents, Brown pulled out a handgun and aimed it at a person with whom he had a dispute, in a residential area, ignoring the presence of innocent bystanders, including a child. Thus, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in concluding that the incidents were sufficiently similar and admitting the evidence of the 1999 act.” Geiger v. State, 295 Ga. 648, 763 S.E.2d 453 (September 22, 2014). Murder and related convictions affirmed; trial court properly admitted evidence of four similar transactions which were “sufficiently similar to the charged crimes in this case in that they involved the use of a handgun to subdue the victims, cooperation between co-defendants Mattox and Geiger, the common motive of robbery, and luring the victims to the crime scenes where they were assaulted and robbed. We find no error in the trial court's decision to admit this evidence at trial. See, e.g., Collum v. State, 281 Ga. 719(4) (642 S.E.2d 640) (2007).” Durden v. State, 327 Ga.App. 173, 755 S.E.2d 909 (March 26, 2014). Aggravated assault and related convictions affirmed. Similar transaction evidence was properly admitted. This incident: defendant slashed his wife with a sword. Prior incident: defendant stabbed his wife’s son-in-law with a pitchfork for intervening while defendant was assaulting his wife. Trial court ruled that the prior incident was sufficiently similar and admissible to show defendant’s bent of mind. Wilson v. State, 293 Ga. 508, 748 S.E.2d 385 (September 9, 2013). Felony murder and related convictions affirmed; evidence of prior aggravated assault was properly admitted under pre-2013 rules to prove defendant’s course of conduct: “the evidence reflected that both incidents involved the shooting and pistol-whipping of unarmed victims who were targeted for robbery due to their known propensity to carry substantial cash; both incidents took place in the neighborhood in which Wilson was living at the time, and in both instances Wilson fled the scene and later admitted being present but denied being the attacker.” Talifero v. State, 319 Ga.App. 65, 734 S.E.2d 61 (November 6, 2012). Physical precedent only. Aggravated assault and related convictions reversed; trial court erred in admitting prior conviction for possession of marijuana and carrying a concealed weapon as similar transaction evidence. “The only similarity in each transaction here is that in each instance Talifero was in a vehicle in which marijuana and a gun were present. The evidence concerning the concealment of a gun in the prior act has no similarity to the crimes here. … The prior act of concealing a weapon not only has no significant similarity to being a party to the crimes of aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony by encouraging another person to act, it has no relevance to those crimes. In the present case, Talifero encouraged Chisholm to ‘go ahead and handle your business, do what you got to do, man,’ after which Chisholm shot at the men. In the prior act, Talifero admitted to police during a traffic stop that he was carrying his own concealed weapon as a passenger in the vehicle in the company of another individual; there was no confrontation and no assault. There is simply no logical connection between the two crimes.” Dunham v. State, 315 Ga.App. 901, 729 S.E.2d 45 (May 17, 2012). Aggravated battery conviction affirmed; similar transaction evidence wasn’t too remote in time despite 15-year lapse. Both batteries involved severe bites, drawing blood and inflicting visible injuries. “In both incidents Dunham used the tools at hand — an axe in 1995 and a metal bar he