TATRO v. STATE

No. 50907.

372 So.2d 283 (1979)

Gary Santaw TATRO v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied July 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fielding L. Wright, Jr., James H. Heidelberg, Pascagoula, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Karen Gilfoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before SMITH, SUGG and COFER, JJ.


SMITH, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Gary Santaw Tatro was convicted of violating Mississippi Code Annotated section 97-5-23 (1972), which is sometimes referred to as the "Fondling Statute." Following his conviction in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Tatro was sentenced to serve eight years imprisonment. He has appealed, assigning as a ground for reversal, among others, that the statute under which he was convicted unconstitutionally discriminates against...

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