Sodomy in the fourth degree
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
Most recently applied in Evans v. Romer (July 1993)
Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A person is guilty of sodomy in the fourth degree when he engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another person of the same sex.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of KRS 510.020, consent of the other person shall not be a defense under this section, nor shall lack of consent of the other person be an element of this offense.
(3) Sodomy in the fourth degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.