GOSSETT v. STATE

No. 75-125-CR.

73 Wis.2d 135 (1976)

242 N.W.2d 899

GOSSETT, Plaintiff in error, v. STATE, Defendant in error.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff in error the cause was submitted on the briefs of Howard B. Eisenberg, state public defender.

For the defendant in error the cause was submitted on the brief of Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general, and David J. Becker, assistant attorney general.


BEILFUSS, C. J.

The plaintiff in error, Mark A. Gossett (hereafter defendant), challenges his conviction under sec. 944.17, Stats.,1 on the ground that the statute, on its face and as applied here, violates his constitutional right to privacy. Specifically, the defendant contends that the state may not constitutionally prohibit and provide a penalty for private acts of oral sex between consenting...

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