Legal Opinion
In re J. M.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 13, 2003No. S02A1432PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Fletcher, Chief Justice.
The juvenile court found that sixteen-year-old J.M. violated Georgia’s fornication statute, OCGA § 16-6-18, by having sexual intercourse with his sixteen-year-old girlfriend G.D.1 in her bedroom and adjudicated him delinquent. On appeal, J.M. contends that his constitutional right of privacy prohibits the State from criminalizing his conduct. As we held in Powell v. State,2 the Georgia Constitution protects from criminal sanction private, unforced, non-commercial acts of sexual intimacy between persons legally able to consent. Because the State relied on conduct that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Minnesota v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Pavesich v. New England Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Powell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
- Ambles v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Gouldman-Taber Pontiac, Inc. v. ZerbstSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Black v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2006
- State v. SentersNebraska Supreme Court · 2005
- Groves v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010
- Abrams v. MassellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
- Engle v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
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