Kelly v. State

Appellant’s major contention on appeal is that his conviction under Md. Code, Art. 27, § 554 for unnatural or perverted sexual practices is an unconstitutional infringement of his right to privacy. 1 He also argues he was denied equal protection, and subjected to cruel and unusual punishment. 2

The prosecutrix testified at the time of the trial that she was abducted at knifepoint on the parking lot of Harundale Mall in Anne Arundel County, Maryland on the afternoon of May 5, 1978, by two young men, appellant Howard Chester Kelly, Jr., and his friend, Ronald Holden. It was her testimony that…