Connor v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Appellant was charged with sodomy by an act of fellatio (oral stimulation of penis) under Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-815 (Repl. 1964). He appeals from his conviction on the grounds that no statute makes fellatio a public offense; that § 41-815 is so vague and broad as to deprive appellant of his federal constitutional rights; and the section establishes a religion and invades the right of privacy.

The cited statute reads: “Every person convicted of sodomy, or buggery shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for a period of not less than one (1) nor more than twenty-one (21) years.”