Indecent exposure (§ 18.2-387)—Virginia Decoded

Indecent exposure

Every person who intentionally makes an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. No person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section for breastfeeding a child in any public place or any place where others are present.

History

Code 1950, § 18.1-236; 1960, c. 233; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1994, c. 398.

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Court Decisions

Viney v. Com. (SCV, 03/03/05)
. . . exposure punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Code § 18.2-387. He asserts that lack of proof of . . .

Hartless v. Com. (COA, 02/23/99)
. . . conviction of indecent exposure, in violation of Code § 18.2-387, Dennis James Hartless contends . . .

Hart v. Com. (COA, 03/22/94)
. . . proscribed by Code § 18.2-387 or that his conduct was obscene. . . .

Morales v. Com. (COA, 02/22/00)
. . . convictions of indecent exposure, in violation of Code § 18.2-387, and peeping into a dwelling, in . . .

Moses v. Com. (COA, 04/12/05)
. . . obscene display or exposure in violation of Code § 18.2-387. Finding no error in the trial . . .

Copeland v. Com. (COA, 02/22/00)
. . . convictions of indecent exposure, in violation of Code § 18.2-387, and peeping into a dwelling, in . . .

Leo Ricardo Barnes v. Commonwealth of Virginia (COA, 03/05/13)
. . . §§ 18.2-387 and 18.2-67.5:1, and for sexual display, in violation of Code . . .

Moyer v. Com. (COA, 07/25/00)
. . . and convicted of indecent exposure under Code § 18.2-387, which makes it a misdemeanor to . . .

Crislip v. Com. (COA, 10/30/01)
. . . of words, "public place," in Code § 18.2-387[2] (indecent exposure), which, like Code § . . .

Simon v. Com. (COA, 05/03/11)
. . . jury on indecent exposure, proscribed by Code § 18.2-387, as a lesser-included offense. He also . . .

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