Legal Opinion
People v. Gunnett
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided March 3, 1987No. Docket 90799PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHood, P.J.
The defendants, Delbert James Gun-nett and Judith Lynn Gunnett, husband and wife, were charged with gross indecency with a person of the opposite sex in violation of MCL 750.338b; MSA 28.570(2). Defendants moved to dismiss and the lower court, relying upon Griswold v Connecticut, 381 US 479; 85 S Ct 1678; 14 L Ed 2d 510 (1965), dismissed the charges, finding:
Inasmuch as the state cannot regulate mutually consented intimacies between husbands and wives, the statute prohibiting gross indecency between males and females cannot apply to spouses. It is immaterial under the statute whether such…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by9 opinions
- People v. VronkoMichigan Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. LynchMichigan Court of Appeals · 1989
- People v. LinoMichigan Court of Appeals · 1991
- People v. GunnettMichigan Court of Appeals · 1990
- People v. PremenMichigan Court of Appeals · 1995
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