Ohio Supreme Court· 2/28/2007

State v. Lowe

Citations

112 Ohio St. 3d 507
861 N.E.2d 512

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determining that Lawrence did not apply and the defendant did not have a fundamental right to engage in sexual intercourse with his consenting adult stepdaughter
determining that Lawrence did not apply and the defendant did not have a fundamental right to engage in sexual intercourse with his consenting adult stepdaughter
determining that Lawrence did not apply and the defendant did not have a fundamental right to engage in sexual 36 intercourse with his consenting adult stepdaughter
upholding incest ban as to stepparent and stepchild under rational basis review on grounds of maintaining family unit integrity
“Courts examining R.C. 2907.03(A)(5) have found the statute clear and unambiguous in its criminalization of all sexual conduct falling within its purview, regardless of a victim’s age or consent.”
“[P]arents do not cease being parents – whether natural parents, stepparents, or adoptive parents – when their minor child reaches the age of majority.”

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Judges: Began, Connor, Consideration, Cupp, Donnell, Eighth, Ended, Lanzinger, Moyer, Pfeifer, Resnick, Stratton, Sweeney, Whose

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