Hogan v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Batjer, J.:

On February 18, 1967, the appellant, James Denis Hogan, and a Richard Lee Powell, were arrested in the men’s room in Squires Park in Las Vegas, for having committed the infamous crime against nature, in violation of NRS 201.190. Specifically the act was fellation.

Prior to trial, the appellant demurred to the information on the ground that the statute upon which it was based is unconstitutionally vague and indefinite and does not adequately define the crime charged. The lower court denied the demurrer, and the case went to trial. At the conclusion of that trial…