Godfrey v. State

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

The appellant Earl Godfrey was convicted by a jury of aggravated sodomy upon his step-grandson. The offense was committed around Thanksgiving when appellant took the boy to his property to look for a Christmas tree. When the boy and his mother returned to their home, that night the mother heard the boy talking in his sleep, which was not an unusual occurrence. She went to his room and saw him tossing and turning, and according to her statement, “He was begging Earl not to pull his pants down and he told Earl not to do it, they were supposed to be . . . hunting for a…