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PEOPLE v. DOZIER

52 N.Y.2d 781 (1980)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Wayne Dozier, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Gilbert for appellant.

Mario Merola, District Attorney (Vida M. Alvy and Billie Manning of counsel), for respondent.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Peter J. Dooley and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), in his statutory capacity under section 71 of the Executive Law.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and FUCHSBERG concur; Judge MEYER concurs in result.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed. We agree with the Appellate Division that the Legislature did not act unreasonably when it fixed the age of female consent at 17 years, as opposed to some other, presumably younger, age. However we express no opinion with respect to the other claims of unconstitutionality urged by the defendant and discussed in...

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