Commonwealth v. Murgia

OPINION BY SENIOR JUSTICE LAWRENCE L. KOONTZ, JR.

In this appeal we determine whether the evidence adduced in a criminal trial was sufficient to sustain a conviction under Code § 18.2-374.3(D), which prohibits the use of "a communications system ... for the purposes of soliciting, with lascivious intent," an adolescent between the ages of 15 and 18 to commit certain sexual acts as specified by Code § 18.2-374.3(C).

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case is before us following an appeal and remand to the Court of Appeals of Virginia, which originally decided the issue in an unpublished opinion. Murgia v.…