CARLEY v. STATE

No. 51658.

382 So.2d 1090 (1980)

Roy CARLEY v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

April 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe O. Sams, Jr., Columbus, for appellant.

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

Before SMITH, P.J., and BROOM and COFER, JJ.


COFER, Justice, for the Court.

Appellant Roy Carley was indicted on a state of facts by Mississippi Code Annotated, section 97-5-23 (1972), made a crime and was convicted on a trial of that indictment.

The sole assignment of error is that the prosecution and conviction were under a statute which is unconstitutional and violates the equal protection clause in that it applies only to male persons.

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