KELLY v. STATE

No. 655, September Term, 1979.

45 Md. App. 212 (1980)

412 A.2d 1274

HOWARD CHESTER KELLY, JR. v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided April 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy E. Meredith and Barbara Mello, with whom were Robert W. Warfield and Corbin, Heller & Warfield, Chartered on the brief, for appellant.

William H. Kenety, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, Warren Duckett, State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, and Ronald Naditch, Assistant State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before THOMPSON COUCH and MACDANIEL, JJ.


THOMPSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant's major contention on appeal is that his conviction under Md. Code, Art. 27, § 554 for unnatural or perverted sexual practices is an unconstitutional infringement of his right to privacy.1 He also argues he was denied equal protection, and subjected to cruel and unusual punishment.2

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