Burchfield v. State

277 So.2d 623 (1973)

Fox Charles BURCHFIELD

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 47323.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 14, 1973.

McKee & McDowell, Starkville, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Billy L. Gore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

BROOM, Justice:

Appellant Burchfield appeals here from a conviction under the "Peeping Tom" statute. His conviction resulted from a trial in the Circuit Court of Oktibbeha County at the July 1972 Term.

Appellant was indicted under Mississippi Code 1942 Annotated section 2412.5 (Supp. 1972). The pertinent part of said statute reads as follows:

Any male…