Legal Opinion
State v. Bateman
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided September 30, 1975No. 1 CA-CR 888PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JACOBSON, Presiding Judge.
The constitutionality of Arizona’s statutes prohibiting sodomy and lewd and lascivious acts as applied to married couples is brought under attack in this appeal.
On May 21, 1974, the defendant, Mearion Ray Bateman, was charged in a two- count information with committing anal intercourse upon his wife and forcing her to commit fellatio upon him. The defendant subsequently filed a motion to dismiss the information on the grounds that the statutes defining these crimes were unconstitutional since they did not allow a defense of consent. The motion to dismiss on…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
- State v. BatemanArizona Supreme Court · 1976
- Bateman v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- State v. CallawayCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1976
- State v. PerezCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1976
- State v. SnyderCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1976
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