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- Title: State V. Bateman
- Author : Arizona Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 10, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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We accepted the petitions for review in these cases to determine whether A.R.S. § 13-651 and § 13-652 proscribing sodomy and lewd and lascivious acts are constitutional. The acts complained of took place between two married individuals in one case, State v. Bateman, and between two individuals, one married but not to the other, single person, in the second case, State v. Callaway. Mearion Ray Bateman and Willie Edward Callaway were each convicted of one count of sodomy and one count of lewd and lascivious acts. Bateman renewed a prior motion to dismiss, arguing that the statutes were unconstitutional, and this motion was granted. The State appealed in that case, and the defendant appealed in the other case. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial judge's order dismissing the case against Bateman and reversed the conviction of Callaway. State v. Bateman, 25 Ariz. App. 1, 540 P.2d 732 (1975); State v. Callaway, 25 Ariz. App. 267, 542 P.2d 1147 (1975). The opinions of the Court of Appeals are vacated. We consolidated the petitions for purposes of deciding these issues.