Supreme Court of Colorado

People v. Graves

February 29, 20162016 CO 15

Summary

The court reversed the district court’s ruling that Colorado’s public-indecency prohibition on a “lewd fondling or caress” was unconstitutionally overbroad and vague. Construing the provision in context, the court held that it reaches only overtly sexualized conduct in public, does not substantially burden protected expression, and clearly proscribed Graves’s conduct. No separate opinions were issued.