People ex rel. Farr v. Mancusi

Relator was convicted April 9, 1963, of the crime of sodomy second degree, committed on January 11, 1963. He now challenges his conviction, claiming that the then section 690 of the Penal Law was unconstitutional. There appears to be no prior New York ruling on this subject, although the statute is an ancient one.

The section reads in part: “ A person twenty-one years of age or over who carnally knows by the anus or by or with the mouth any male or female person under the age of eighteen years, or voluntarily submits to such carnal knowledge by or with a male or female person under the age of…