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William D. EVERETTE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

OPINION

MORRISON, Judge.

The offense is sodomy; the punishment, two (2) years.

Appellant's sole contention on appeal is that the statute under which he was indicted and convicted, Art. 524, Vernon's Ann.P.C. is 'unconstitutional and void on its face in that it violates, through its overly broad provisions, the right of privacy and fundamental personal liberties protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.' In support of his contention, appellant relies on the case of Buchanan v. Batchelor, 308 F. Supp. 729, in which the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, held that the statute was unconstitutionally overbroad. We note that the United States Supreme Court vacated this declaratory judgment and injunction in Wade v. Buchanan, 401 U.S. ___, 91 S.Ct. 1221, 28 L.Ed.2d 526.

This Court considered appellant's contention in Pruett v. State, 463 S.W.2d 191, and upheld the constitutionality of Art. 524, supra, after considering the Buchanan case.

Finding no reversible error, the judgment is affirmed.

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EVERETTE v. STATE
(Apr 7, 1971)