Legal Opinion
State v. Kasakoff
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided November 3, 1972No. 962PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COWAN, Judge.
Defendant appeals from the judgment and sentence following his conviction of the crime of sodomy, contrary to § 40A— 9-6, N.M.S.A.1953 (2nd Repl.Vol. 6).
We affirm.
The complaining witness, a female guest in defendant’s motel, testified that she had a date with the defendant and was driven to an outlying area near Carlsbad where she was forced, through fear, to engage in an act of sodomy with the defendant. The defendant denied committing the act.
Defendant’s principal ground for reversal is that the sodomy statute, supra, “is void on its face for an unconstitutional…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- State v. HinesNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
- Washington v. RodriguezNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
- State v. SedilloNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1971
- State v. HenryNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1976
- State v. CastenedaNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1982
- State v. ArmstrongNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. ElliottNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. HerrodNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 1972
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