Legal Opinion
People v. Onofre
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 18, 1980PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jones, J.
These appeals, argued together, present a common question — viz., whether the provision of our State’s Penal Law that makes consensual sodomy a crime is violative of rights protected by the United States Constitution. We hold that it is.
Defendant Onofre was convicted in County Court of Onondaga County of violating section 130.38 of the Penal Law (consensual sodomy) after his admission to having committed acts of deviate sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old male at defendant’s home.1 The factual admission followed the court’s denial of defendant’s motion to…
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