Legal Opinion
Allen A. Muth v. Matthew J. Frank, Secretary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 2005No. 03-3984PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Allen Muth and his younger sister Patricia married and had three children. After they abandoned the middle child, who was disabled, the State of Wisconsin petitioned to terminate their parental rights because of their incestuous parenthood. After the courts approved the termination, both Allen and Patricia were convicted of incest and sentenced to years in prison. In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Allen Muth argues that Wisconsin’s incest statute is unconstitutional insofar as it seeks to criminalize a sexual relationship between two consenting adults. The…
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