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IN RE J.M.

No. S02A1432.

575 S.E.2d 441 (2003)

276 Ga. 88

In re J.M.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 13, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cook, Lundy & Sanderson, Catherine B. Sanderson, Peachtree City, Gerald R. Weber, Jr., Robert Lo-Pei Tsai, Elizabeth L. Littrell, Atlanta, for appellant.

William T. McBroom, III, Dist. Atty., James E. Sherrill, Jamie K. Inagawa, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Jenner & Block, Julie M. Carpenter, Washington, DC, amicus curiae.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

The juvenile court found that sixteen-year-old J.M. violated Georgia's fornication statute, OCGA § 16-6-18, by having sexual intercourse with his sixteen-year-old girlfriend G.D.1 in her bedroom and adjudicated him delinquent. On appeal, J.M. contends that his constitutional right of privacy prohibits the State from criminalizing his conduct. As we held in Powell v. State,2

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