Legal Opinion
State v. Schwartz
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided June 25, 1943No. 33,461PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of sodomy alleged to have been committed on a 17-year-old girl by inserting his penis into her mouth. He contends that the girl was an accomplice and that her testimony is uncorroborated. The state contends that, because the girl was under the age of consent, she was not an accomplice and consequently that corroboration was unnecessary, and that in any event her testimony was amply corroborated.
Sodomy is defined by Minn. St. 1941, § 617.14 (Mason St. 1927, § 10183), as follows:
“A person who carnally knows in any manner any animal or bird,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- People v. BattilanaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
- Means v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905
- State v. McPaddenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1921
- People v. McCollumCalifornia Supreme Court · 1932
- State v. PelserSupreme Court of Iowa · 1917
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3Cited by8 opinions
- The PEOPLE v. KnappIllinois Supreme Court · 1959
- Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
- Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
- Brinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
- State v. GoffSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1972
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