RILEY v. GARRETT

22186.

219 Ga. 345 (1963)

133 S.E.2d 367

RILEY v. GARRETT, Chairman, et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 15, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Everett, for plaintiff in error.

Eugene Cook, Attorney General, Howard P. Wallace, Assistant Attorney General, contra.


MOBLEY, Justice.

1. The writ of error presents the question of whether or not the crime of sodomy as defined by the laws of Georgia includes the unnatural copulation between a man and a woman per linguam in vagina.

"Sodomy is the carnal knowledge and connection against the order of nature, by man with man, or in the same unnatural manner with woman". Code § 26-5901. In Herring v. State, 119 Ga. 709 (2) (46 SE 876), this court held that sodomy...

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