Legal Opinion

Noblett v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 10, 1952No. Record 3996PublishedCited by 31 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.

Herman C. Noblett was convicted by a jury on a warrant charging that he did “unlawfully, lewdly and indecently expose his person to Betty Thomas, age 10, in a manner to shock the public sense of decency and morality.-’ ’ To the judgment entered upon that verdict we granted a writ of error to review the sufficiency of the evidence and the rulings of the trial court in granting and refusing certain instructions.

The little girl testified that as she was walking along North Princeton Circle, a public street near her home in a residential area of the city of Lynchburg, shortly before noon on June…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Commonwealth v. BishopMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  3. Commonwealth v. BroadlandMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  4. Fenner v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
  5. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Wicks v. City of CharlottesvilleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974
  2. Cooper v. Com.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2009
  3. Hoffman v. CarsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
  4. Messina v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1957
  5. McKeon v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970

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