UNITED STATES v. LEMONS

No. 82-1557.

697 F.2d 832 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles Loyd LEMONS, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul D. Gordon, of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

W. Asa Hutchinson, U.S. Atty., Steven N. Snyder, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Smith, Ark., for appellee.

Jay M. Kohorn, Los Angeles, Cal., for amicus curiae American Ass'n for Personal Privacy.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., State of Ark. by Dennis R. Molock, Deputy Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., amicus curiae.

Before HEANEY, and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 1, 1983.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Charles Loyd Lemons, Jr., appeals his conviction by the district court1 on one count of violating the Arkansas "sodomy" statute, Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-1813 (1977). Lemons contends that the statute under which he was convicted, on its face, violates his constitutional right to privacy, creates a classification prohibited under the equal protection clause...

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