Gibson v. State

The defendant, a man of 40 years of age, was indicted and convicted of sodomy per os. The victim was a child of 15 years of age. The defendant filed his motion for a new trial on the general grounds only. The charge of the court is not a part of the record. The evidence, of course, is sordid. We see no good purpose to be served here in detailing it. The law applicable to such a crime is well established. Counsel for the defendant presents two questions which we think are pertinent to consider under the general grounds. He argues first that the victim was an accomplice and that the record does…