Wisneski v. State

Petitioner, Eugene Wisneski, while a guest in a private home, suddenly exposed his genitalia to three other people in the room, who were not family members and who were deeply offended by that conduct. There was no evidence whether anyone outside the home did see or could have seen what he had done. For the behavior, Wisneski was convicted in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of the common law crime of indecent exposure. In this appeal, he contends that, because the offense requires that the exposure be in a “public place,” his exposure to casual observers in a private home does not…