Legal Opinion
Young v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 30, 1975PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HENRY, Justice.
We address the narrow and limited issue of whether cunnilingus is a crime against nature as defined and prohibited by Section 39-707 T.C.A. 1
Petitioner was convicted under an indictment charging that he committed a crime against nature “by placing his mouth against the genital organs” of a female. The proof showed the female to have been fourteen years of age and that the act was committed forcibly, violently and against her will.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court, rejecting petitioner’s insistence that the judgment could not stand…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Nash v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Vermilye v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979
- Commonwealth v. WestcottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- State v. WilkinsTennessee Supreme Court · 1983
- Commonwealth v. WestcottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Evans v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1978
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