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Indecent Exposure - Tennessee Law

By Baker Associates

Tennessee sex crime lawyers realize the consequences that a conviction for a sex crime can have upon your life. There are numerous different sex crimes under Tennessee law, and the differences between the various prohibited conducts can sometimes be slight. The crime of indecent exposure closely resembles the crime of public indecency, which will be discussed in a later blog. There are basically three different subsections for the state to prosecute someone for under the indecent exposure statute. The first subsection of the statute encompasses behavior that people would traditionally believe should constitute indecent exposure. According to Tennessee law, A person commits the offense of indecent exposure who: (A) In a public place, or on the private premises of another, or so near thereto as to be seen from the private premises: (i) Intentionally: ? Exposes the person's genitals or buttocks to another; or ? Engages in sexual contact or sexual penetration; and (ii) Reasonably expects that the acts will be viewed by another and the acts: ? Will offend an ordinary viewer; or ? Are for the purpose of sexual arousal and gratification of the defendant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on January 03, 2008 (boomark / email).