King v. State

Benham, Presiding Justice.

Ronald King was convicted of sodomy and child molestation with the victims being his two stepdaughters. He was sentenced on each count to a five-year prison sentence and ten years’ probation, with the sentences running concurrently. His appeal to this Court consists of three constitutional attacks on the sodomy statute: that it violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment; the Ninth Amendment’s right to privacy; and the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. Finding appellant’s assertions…