Hines v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of child molestation (Case No. 69177) and aggravated sodomy (Case No. 69178). He was sentenced to serve concurrent 20 year terms for each crime. Error is enumerated, inter alia, upon the general grounds.. Defendant primarily contends the evidence was not sufficient to authorize the jury to find him guilty of aggravated sodomy because the State failed to prove the element of “force.”

Upon the trial of the case, the State presented the testimony of the victim’s father. He testified that he observed the defendant (the victim’s…