Riley v. State

Brady, Tom P., J.

The appellant, Ollie Riley, was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Leake County, Mississippi on an indictment under Chapter 281, Mississippi Laws of 1958, Mississippi Code Annotated section 2412.5, supplement 1964, commonly known as the “Peeping Tom Statute.” Appellant was sentenced to a term of two years in the Mississippi State Penitentiary and prosecutes this appeal from that sentence.

The relevant facts in the case are as follows. On the night of May 4, 1963, at approximately 10:30 P.M., the Brantley family, consisting of Mr. Max Brantley, his wife, Mrs. Donna…