Harmon v. State, 281 Ga. App. In West Virginia, indecent exposure is an intentional exposure of private parts under circumstances that are likely to cause affront or alarm. Public Indecency | Georgia Criminal Lawyer Woman arrested after being caught masturbating at Georgia beach In Washington, indecent exposure means making an open and obscene exposure of one's private parts knowing that the exposure likely will cause reasonable affront or alarm. In Georgia, it is defined under O.C.G.A. Kansas law prohibits public exposure of sex organs with an intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desires of the offender or the viewer. Collins v. State, 160 Ga. App. Exposure of genitals that likely will cause affront or alarm is a misdemeanor. and when she didshe got a full view of his private area. Indecent exposure consists of knowingly and intentionally exposing one's primary genital area to public view. We're here for you 24/7. Georgia law considers indecent exposure as engaging in sexual intercourse, exposure of sexual organs, partial or complete nudity, or fondling of the body of another person without their consent. - With regard to the defendant's conviction for felony public indecency for urinating in public, the trial court's refusal to charge the jury on public drunkenness as a lesser included offense of public indecency was not error because the crime of public drunkenness requires proof that the defendant was intoxicated, which the crime of public indecency does not; the crime of public drunkenness does not require a lewd exposure of sexual organs, which is required by the crime of public indecency; and, the crime of public indecency requires proof of exposure of sexual organs, which the crime of public drunkenness does not; therefore, the offense of public drunkeness was not included in the crime of public indecency. The private indecency law prohibits exposure of the genitals to a person who does not consent in a manner that would alarm or annoy that person. For article, "Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia," see 7 Ga. St. B. J. which is the exposure of ones private areas in public. 1002. This article has been written and reviewed for legal accuracy, clarity, and style byFindLaws team of legal writers and attorneysand in accordance withour editorial standards. Aggravated Indecent Exposure: Fourth degree felony, Up to 1.5 years imprisonment and up to a $5,000 fine for aggravated indecent exposure, a private premises under circumstances in which the offender may readily be observed from either a public place or from other private premises, and with intent that they be observed; or. 16-6-8 related to an incident in which the appellant began to masturbate while alongside a school bus as the appellant failed to show adverse collateral consequences as the appellant only made a bald claim that being sentenced on four counts of public indecency, as opposed to one, created more difficulty in finding employment; based on the plea agreement, the merger of the charges was expressly rejected by the appellant in order to effectuate the negotiated pleas to a misdemeanor. 871, 298 S.E.2d 292 (1982). An Indecent Exposure charge is considered a misdemeanor that can land you in jail for, in most cases, six months or less. Under Mississippi's indecent exposure statute, it is illegal to willfully and lewdly expose one's person or private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or to cause another to expose themself. In Illinois, the crime of public indecency includes a lewd exposure of the body in a public place. - Defendant was properly convicted of a felony on a public indecency charge and sentenced to serve five years to serve on that charge as the defendant had two prior public indecency convictions; the trial court was required to sentence the defendant as a felon rather than a misdemeanant.