In "Muth v. Frank" (2005), following "Lawrence" a man convicted of criminal behavior by having an incestuous relationship in Wisconsin appealed his ruling in an attempt to apply the logic of sexual privacy in "Lawrence". The Seventh Circuit declined to extend the right of privacy stated in "Lawrence" to cases of consensual adult incest. The case was distinguished because parties were not similarly situated since there is in the latter case an enhanced possibility of genetic mutation of a possible offspring as suggested by geneticists who were witnesses at the trial.