New York v. Onofre
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The People v Ronald Onofre, 51 N.Y.2d 476, 415 N.E.2d 936, 434 N.Y.S.2d 947 (1980), was a 1981 appeal against New York sodomy laws, decided in the New York Court of Appeals.
Ronald Onofre was convicted for violating New York Penal Law that made it a misdemeanor to engage in sodomy (encompassing anal and oral sex, not vaginal), when he was caught having sex with his 17 years old male lover in his home.
The Court ruled that on the basis of Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)) and Stanley v. Georgia, the above sexual actions, when consensual, should fall under the right to privacy alluded to in the Constitution.
See also: Sex-related court cases
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