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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-177 (2026)

Crime against nature

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If any person shall commit the crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be punished as a Class I felon.  (5 Eliz., c. 17; 25 Hen. VIII, c. 6; 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).)

 

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Cited in 80 cases, 1949–2018 · leading case: State v. Whiteley, 616 S.E.2d 576 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005).
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State v. Whiteley, 616 S.E.2d 576 (N.C. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 32× “Defendant contends the trial court *773 erred in denying his motion to dismiss and in submitting the offense of a crime against nature to the jury, on the grounds that the statute creating the offense, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-177 (2003), is unconstitutional.”
State v. Hunt, 722 S.E.2d 484 (N.C. 2012). · cites it 9× “” N.C.G.S. § 14-177 (2011). “[T]he legislative intent and purpose of [N.”
In re R.L.C., 643 S.E.2d 920 (N.C. 2007). · cites it 9× “M]” in violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-177. The case was heard at the 20 December 2004 and 6 January 2005 juvenile sessions of Alamance County District Court.”
United States v. Vann, 660 F.3d 771 (4th Cir. 2011). · cites it 4× “All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.”
Donovan v. Fiumara, 442 S.E.2d 572 (N.C. Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 6× “Plaintiffs argue in their brief, however, that because engaging in certain activity practiced by homosexuals is a felony in North Carolina, see N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-177 (1993), falsely claiming plaintiffs are gay or bisexual imputes to them commission of a crime, and thus falls…”
State v. Banks, 370 S.E.2d 398 (N.C. 1988). · cites it 6× “Defendant contends that only acts which are "of an unnatural sexual nature," but not otherwise punishable under the crime against nature or incest statutes, N.C.G.S. §§ 14-177, -178 and -179, are punishable under the indecent liberties statute; and, he argues, the kissing…”
State v. Lance, 94 S.E.2d 335 (N.C. 1956). · cites it 15× “The bill of indictment charges a violation of G.S. 14-177. It does not allege the age of the defendant or the age of Cecil Henderson.”
In Re Heil, 550 S.E.2d 815 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “” N. C. Gen. Stat. § 14-177 (1999). The essential element of the so-called “crime against nature, with mankind” is “some penetration, however slight, of a natural orifice of the body.”
State v. Elam, 273 S.E.2d 661 (N.C. 1981). · cites it 4× “Defendant’s second assignment of error, which is raised for the first time in this Court, is that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to try him under G.”
State v. Ludlum, 281 S.E.2d 159 (N.C. 1981). · cites it 4× “C. 610 (1878); 1 Stansbury’s North Carolina Evidence § 52 (Brandis rev.”
State v. Harward, 142 S.E.2d 691 (N.C. 1965). · cites it 7× “G.S. 14-177; State v. Jernigan, 255 N.C. 732 , 122 S.”
Perkins v. State of North Carolina, 234 F. Supp. 333 (W.D.N.C. 1964). · cites it 9× “3 VALIDITY OP THE STATUTE-VAGUENESS Perkins was convicted of a violation of N.C.G.S. § 14-177, which reads in its entirety as follows: “If any person shall commit the abominable and detestable crime against nature, with mankind or beast, he shall be imprisoned in the State’s…”
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