Legal Opinion

Gordon v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided September 24, 1987No. 44761PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Gregory, Justice.

On December 3, 1986, James Howell Gordon, Jr., appellant, was convicted by a Gwinnett County jury of the offense of sodomy. Gordon was sentenced to a period of twenty years, the first ten years to be served in confinement in the state penal system. We affirm.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. Gordon was charged by the indictment with the offenses of aggravated child molestation and sodomy. Prior to trial he filed a motion to quash the sodomy portion of the indictment on constitutional grounds. The motion was denied and the case went to trial on December 2, 1986. The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. State v. LeadinghorseNebraska Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Lambeth v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
  3. Stover v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ray v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
  2. Burgos v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  3. Hanson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1988
  4. King v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  5. Dudley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000

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