New York v. Onofre
| People v. Onofre | |
|---|---|
| Court | New York Court of Appeals |
| Full case name | The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Ronald Onofre, Respondent. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Conde J. Peoples III, and Philip S. Goss, Appellants. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Mary Sweat, Appellant. |
| Decided | December 18, 1980 |
| Citations | 415 N.E.2d 936; 51 N.Y.2d 476; 434 N.Y.S.2d 947 |
| Case history | |
| Appealed from | Erie County Court; Appellate Division of the Supreme Court |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Lawrence H. Cooke, Matthew J. Jasen, Domenick L. Gabrielli, Hugh R. Jones, Sol Wachtler, Jacob D. Fuchsberg, Bernard S. Meyer |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Jones, Wachtler, Fuschberg, Meyer |
| Concurrence | Jasen |
| Dissent | Gabrielli, Cooke |
| Keywords | |
The People v. Ronald Onofre, 51 N.Y.2d 476, 415 N.E.2d 936, 434 N.Y.S.2d 947 (1980), was an appeal against New York's sodomy laws, decided in the New York Court of Appeals.
The appeal consisted of several cases consolidated into one. The appellants were challenging the constitutionality of a 1965 law, New York Penal Law § 130.38, which made it a misdemeanor to engage in "deviate sexual intercourse" (defined to include anal and oral but not vaginal sex) with another person.