North Carolina § 14-177 - Crime against nature.

§ 14-177. Crime against nature.

If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be punished as a Class I felon. History (25 Hen. VIII, c. 6; 5 Eliz., c. 17; R.C., c. 34, s. 6; 1868-9, c. 167, s. 6; Code, s. 1010; Rev., s. 3349; C.S., s. 4336; 1965, c. 621, s. 4; 1979, c. 760, s. 5; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1316, s. 47; 1981, c. 63, s. 1; c. 179, s. 14; 1993, c. 539, s. 1191; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).) Legal Periodicals. - For article on the law of crime against nature with particular regard to this section, see 32 N.C.L. Rev. 312 (1954). For survey of 1974 case law on this section, see 53 N.C.L. Rev. 1037 (1975). For survey of 1979 constitutional law, see 58 N.C.L. Rev. 1326 (1980). For note, "The Squeal Rule: Statutory Resolution and Constitutional Implications - Burdening the Minor's Right of Privacy," see 6 Duke L.J. 1325 (1984). For note, "The Effect on the Child of a Custodial Parent's Involvement in an Intimate Same-Sex Relationship," see 10 Campbell L. Rev. 131 (1996). For note, "The Irrational Use of Rational Basis Review in Lawrence v. Texas: Implications for Our Society," see 26 Campbell L. Rev. 21 (2004). For comment, "The Road Not Taken: Using the Eighth Amendment to Strike Down Criminal Punishment for Engaging in Consensual Sexual Acts," see 82 N.C.L. Rev. 723 (2004). For article, "Transforming Teenagers into Oral Sex Felons: The Persistence of the Crime Against Nature After Lawrence v. Texas," see 43 Wake Forest L. Rev. 155 (2008). For article, "Individual Sovereignty, Freer Sex, and Diminished Privacy: How an Informed and Realistic Modern Sexual Morality Provides Salvation from Unjustified Shame," see 8 Elon L. Rev. 245 (2016). For article, "If Loving You is Wrong….Can First Amendment Protection Be Right? Alienation of Affection, Criminal Conversation, and the Right to Free Speech," see 38 N.C. Cent. L. Rev. 93 (2016). For article, "Criminalizing Buyers under Child Sex Trafficking Laws as a Critical Protection for Child Victims," see 52 Wake Forest L. Rev. 435 (2017).