McKlemurry v. State

WALKER, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

The appellant was charged and convicted of having “willfully and unlawfully practice[d] dentistry without having obtained a license from the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners by fitting the mouth, gums and teeth of Malcolm D. Watson with an artificial tooth.” The appellant was found not guilty of a second charge of “examining the mouth and teeth of Malcolm D. Watson” and “taking impressions of his teeth on November 17, 1980.”

It is uncontradicted that the appellant made a partial denture for one Malcolm D. Watson, Jr.,1 consisting of a single…