Douglas v. the State

Dillard, Judge.

Following a trial by jury, Benjamin Thomas Douglas was convicted on one count of public indecency. Douglas appeals his conviction, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the jury’s verdict and that the trial court erred by failing to define “public place” in its charge to the jury. For the reasons set forth infra, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s guilty verdict, 1 the record reflects that the witness in this case was entering a mall department store from a parking-lot entrance when he encountered Douglas, who was sitting on a bench…