State v. Vars
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the Court
Leach, A.C.J.
¶1 Jeffrey Vars appeals his convictions for two counts of indecent exposure with sexual motivation. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to establish that he exposed his genitalia, that he knew that this exposure would cause affront or alarm, and that he did so with sexual motivation. He also claims that one of his convictions violates double jeopardy because the two counts were based on separate witness observations during a single extended period of exposure.
¶2 Because a witness need not observe the defendant’s exposed genitalia and the State presented sufficient…
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