Wyoming is the only state in the nation that has no published sodomy cases.
The Powell opinion in the sodomy case was joined by no other member of the Court.
The first reported sodomy case in the state's history, Lambertson v. People (1861), resulted in a conviction for buggery.
He also admitted his guilt in a sodomy case and has been indicted in another death.
More than a decade after the sodomy case, Parnell went back to jail for armed robbery in Utah.
Besides, the U.S. Supreme Court already settled the question of the constitutionality of sodomy cases seventeen years ago.
"Besides, how many sodomy cases do you want to listen to?"
But here at Pope Air Force Base, the two officers and their supporters say, these sodomy cases are being prosecuted with vigor.
Two months later, he was sentenced to nine years' imprisonment, which he was ordered to serve after he completed his six-year sentence for the sodomy case.