Rhodes v. City of Little Rock

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellants John Rhodes and Patricia Drennan were convicted under § 25-121 of the Little Rock Code of Ordinances. They were arrested by two officers at the residence of appellant Rhodes. The officers, by the process of shining a flashlight through a Venetian blind covering a window, had observed them in bed in a state of undress. There is no contention that the garage apartment where appellants were arrested constitutes a “public place.”

The ordinance under which appellants were convicted provides as follows:

“It is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor for any person to…