Legal Opinion
State v. Bateman
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided March 10, 1976No. 3360-PR, 3392-PRPublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Justice.
We accepted the petitions for review in these cases to determine whether ARS § 13-651 and § 13-652 proscribing sodomy and lewd and lascivious acts are constitutional. The acts complained of took place between two married individuals in one case, State v. Bateman, and 'between two individuals, one married but not to the other, single person, in the second case, State v. Callaway. Mearion Ray Bateman and Willie Edward Callaway were each convicted of one count of sodomy and one count of lewd and lascivious acts. Bate-man renewed a prior motion to dismiss, arguing that the statutes…
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