State v. Flinn

Sprouse, Justice:

These three cases are before this Court upon certification by the Circuit Court of Jackson County. The cases, consolidated for the purposes of argument and decision, involve criminal proceedings instituted against Larry Douglass Flinn, Jerry Dean Barker and Jerry Gentry. Jerry Dean Barker and Jerry Gentry were jointly indicted — Larry Douglass Flinn being separately indicted. Each of the defendants were charged with the violation of Code, 1931, 49-7-7, as amended, commonly referred to as the “contributing to the delinquency of a minor” statute.

Code, 1931, 49-7-7, as amended,…