Jegley v. Picado

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

This appeal involves a constitutional challenge to the Arkansas sodomy statute at Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-122 (Repl. 1997). Appellant Larry Jegley, acting in his official capacity as prosecuting attorney for the Sixth Judicial District, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, was sued by appellee Elena Picado and six other gay and lesbian Arkansas citizens. Appellees seek a declaratory judgment that this state’s sodomy statute is unconstitutional and an injunction against future enforcement of the statute. They assert that the statute violates…