Legal Opinion

Tatro v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided May 30, 1979No. 50907PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

372 So.2d 283 (1979)

Gary Santaw TATRO

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 50907.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 30, 1979.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1979.

Fielding L. Wright, Jr., James H. Heidelberg, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, SUGG and COFER, JJ.

SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Gary Santaw Tatro was convicted of violating Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-5-23 (1972), which is sometimes referred to as the "Fondling Statute." Following his conviction in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Tatro was…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

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  2. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Calder v. BullSupreme Court of the United States · 1798
  5. Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  5. State v. WareSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980

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