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State v. Jessup

Utah Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1940No. 6193PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRATT, Justice.

Richard Jessup was tried and convicted of unlawful cohabitation. He has taken this appeal.

The section of our statutes under which he was tried speaks of the crime as follows (Chap. 112, Laws of Utah 1935) :

“103-51-2. Unlawful Cohabitation * * *.
“If any person cohabits with more than one person of the opposite sex, such person is guilty of a felony.”

The information charges the offense as follows:

“That the said Richard Jessup on or about the 1st day of September, 1939, at Washington County, State of Utah, did cohabit with more than one person of the opposite sex.”

Jessup moved to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re SnowSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Cannon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
  3. State v. JohnsonUtah Supreme Court · 1938
  4. United States v. MusserUtah Supreme Court · 1885
  5. State v. GrahamUtah Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State v. StraughanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1956
  2. State v. BarlowUtah Supreme Court · 1944
  3. State v. KnoeflerUtah Supreme Court · 1977
  4. State v. HillUtah Supreme Court · 1941
  5. State v. AveryUtah Supreme Court · 1942

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