Jones v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Ellie Jones, Hershell Pless, Robert Golden, Bobby Lancaster, and Jeff Smallwood were charged with the crime of aggravated sodomy upon the person of a fellow prisoner while all were incarcerated in a common holding cell at the diagnostic center of the Georgia prison system. Jones, Pless, Golden, and Lancaster were convicted as charged and Smallwood was convicted of simple battery. Jones, Pless, and Golden were sentenced to serve 20 years consecutive to any sentences then being served. Jones, Pless, and Golden bring their common appeal enumerating three asserted errors.

The facts…