STATE v. DESILETS

No. 3915.

96 N.H. 245 (1950)

STATE v. WALTER P. DESILETS.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

June 6, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Phinney, Attorney General and Warren E. Waters, Law Assistant (Mr. Waters orally), for the State.

Maurice A. Broderick (by brief and orally), for the defendant.


KENISON, J.

The crime of committing unnatural and lascivious acts (R. L., c. 449, s. 9) is more comprehensive in the scope of the conduct prohibited than the common law crime of sodomy. State v. Vredenburg, 91 N.H. 372. The defendant contends, however, that there can be no valid conviction because Laws 1949, c. 314, an act relating to the care, treatment and rehabilitation of sexual psychopaths...

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