In this week’s issue (print edition, News, p.22) Patty Ruland interviews the attorneys of a man accused of making a pass – a gay pass – at a 16-year old, for which he is now being threatened with felony imprisonment.
Attorney Leonard Martinez told the Chronicle he believes that prosecution of the accused is derived from “apparently anti-gay sentiment.”
Martinez has placed a motion to “quash the indictment” before Williamson County District Court Judge Billy Ray Stubblefield. If the motion fails, the case goes to court Mon., Sept. 6.
This article appears in August 29 • 2008.