Legal Opinion
Hardwick v. Bowers
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 21, 1985No. 83-8378PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
The Atlanta Police arrested Michael Hardwick on August 3, 1982, because he had committed the crime of sodomy with a consenting male adult in the bedroom of his own home. Charges were brought as a result of the arrest and after a hearing in the Municipal Court of Atlanta Hardwick was bound over to the Superior Court. At that point the District Attorney’s office decided not to present the case to the grand jury unless further evidence developed.
Hardwick then filed this suit asking the federal district court to declare unconstitutional the Georgia statute that criminalizes…
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