Legal Opinion
Schochet v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided October 9, 1990No. 76, September Term, 1988PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
Two major issues are presented in this case. First, does Maryland Code (1957, 1987 Repl.Vol.), Art. 27, § 554, providing criminal penalties for “unnatural or perverted sexual practices,” encompass consensual, noncommercial, heterosexual activity between adults in the privacy of the home? Second, if Art. 27, § 554, criminalizes such activity, does it violate either the Constitution of the United States or the Maryland Declaration of Rights? As we shall answer the first question in the negative, we do not reach the second question.
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