Legal Opinion
Wicks v. City of Charlottesville
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 14, 1974No. Record 740266PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
Involved here is § 19-44 of the City Code of Charlottesville which provides:
“No person shall indecently expose himself, or do any obscene act, or write obscene language, or make obscene marks or drawing on any wall, fence or other thing, or address any obscene, lewd or profane language or words to another, or make use of such language within the hearing of another.”
Jessie N. Wicks was arrested, charged and convicted of unlawfully having exposed himself indecently in public, in the City of Charlottesville on October 14, 1973, in violation of the above ordinance. Defendant’s punishment was…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- James v. StrangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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