State v. Stuckey

¶ 1. Wisconsin Stat. § 948.10(l)(a) (2011-12)1 establishes that it is a Class I felony when one exposes genitals to a child "for purposes of sexual arousal or sexual gratification." An example of the type of actor targeted by this statute is the sexual pervert who exposes himself to a child in a park. The twist in this case is that the State charged Zachary Stuckey with violating this statute by taking a picture of his penis and then sending the picture via the internet (colloquially known as "sexting") to a fourteen-year-old girl. Stuckey moved to dismiss this charge, arguing that § 948.10…