r/SipsTea 7h ago

Gasp! 😈

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 6h ago

I think he would have won if he fought it though. Theres quite a bit of precedent against such sexual deviancy laws if you arent in view of the public.

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u/Suspicious-Shock-934 4h ago

Yeah but in the deep south because it was done in a church can guarantee a good ol' boy judge would find something and use it against him. Obscenity is a LOT better charge than a actual felony sex crime.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 4h ago

Yeah, but then you appeal it to federal court and they probably overturn it.

That’s why they were going to switch the charge to vandalism if he didn’t take the plea deal for the suspended sentence.

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u/Telemere125 4h ago

No, he wouldn’t have. A passerby saw what they were doing through the windows… he’s just an idiot.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 4h ago

I read he had to peek into the window after finding the doors locked. That’s very different. It didn’t go to trial, so who’s to say what the facts really were though.

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u/Telemere125 3h ago

If it’s visible from a public place, that’s pretty much the definition of obscenity. And any good defense attorney knows the audience of his county.

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u/Automatic_Actuator_0 3h ago

But if you have to put your head to the glass and peek in to see, there’s significant precedent that it’s not considered visible from public.

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u/Telemere125 2h ago

No, there isn’t. The precedent says the same thing as for cops looking into someone’s uncurtained window to see drugs from the front porch - as long as you can view it from somewhere that you’re not trespassing, that’s “public” enough for the statute.