Relator was convicted April 9, 1963, of the crime of sodomy second degree, committed on January 11, 1963. He now challenges his conviction, claiming that the then section 690 of the Penal Law was unconstitutional. There appears to be no prior New York ruling on this subject, although the statute is an ancient one.
The section reads in part: "A person twenty-one years of age or over...
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