Singson v. Commonwealth

ROBERT J. HUMPHREYS, Judge.

Appellant Joel Dulay Singson (“Singson”) appeals his conviction, following a conditional guilty plea, for solicitation to commit oral sodomy, in violation of Code §§ 18.2-29 (criminal solicitation) and 18.2-361 (crimes against nature). Based on the holding of the United States Supreme Court in Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558, 123 S.Ct. 2472, 156 L.Ed.2d 508 (2003), Singson contends that Code § 18.2-361 is facially unconstitutional because it prohibits private acts of consensual sodomy, in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Thus, Singson…