man naked inside his home found guilty of indecent exposure

[Amby 490]

A Virginia man has been convicted of indecent exposure after prosecutors said he stood naked inside his house as a 7-year-old boy and his mother walked by.

The mother and child allegedly observed the defendant, 29-year-old Erick Williamson, first through a doorway and again through a window that had no drapes, MyFoxDC reported.

Williamson, the father of a 5-year-old, argued in court Friday that he should be free to go au naturel inside his home. But a judge agreed with prosecutors who argued Williamson's actions showed he intended to make himself visible to the pair as they walked to school along a path outside his home in October.

Williamson's arrest received national attention and spurred debate about whether someone should be subject to arrest for exposure from inside his own home.

He received only a suspended jail sentence and no fine, but still intends to appeal.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580563...test=latestnews

[Nagishkaw 510]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

A Virginia man has been convicted of indecent exposure after prosecutors said he stood naked inside his house as a 7-year-old boy and his mother walked by.

The mother and child allegedly observed the defendant, 29-year-old Erick Williamson, first through a doorway and again through a window that had no drapes, MyFoxDC reported.

Williamson, the father of a 5-year-old, argued in court Friday that he should be free to go au naturel inside his home. But a judge agreed with prosecutors who argued Williamson's actions showed he intended to make himself visible to the pair as they walked to school along a path outside his home in October.

Williamson's arrest received national attention and spurred debate about whether someone should be subject to arrest for exposure from inside his own home.

He received only a suspended jail sentence and no fine, but still intends to appeal.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580563...test=latestnews

I suppose that's the smoking gun. He must have been waggling it about or something.

We had a discussion about this awhile back in the Canadian forum. I think the consensus was that if he was simply walking around his home naked...no biggie. Case dismissed. But if he was making a point of showing his willy around...well...a suspended sentence seems right to me. No fine...so it's basically just a mark on his record, in case he does it again.

[Nizzy 1]

A Virginia man has been convicted of indecent exposure after prosecutors said he stood naked inside his house as a 7-year-old boy and his mother walked by.

The mother and child allegedly observed the defendant, 29-year-old Erick Williamson, first through a doorway and again through a window that had no drapes, MyFoxDC reported.

Williamson, the father of a 5-year-old, argued in court Friday that he should be free to go au naturel inside his home. But a judge agreed with prosecutors who argued Williamson's actions showed he intended to make himself visible to the pair as they walked to school along a path outside his home in October.

Williamson's arrest received national attention and spurred debate about whether someone should be subject to arrest for exposure from inside his own home.

He received only a suspended jail sentence and no fine, but still intends to appeal.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580563...test=latestnews

I suppose that's the smoking gun. He must have been waggling it about or something.

We had a discussion about this awhile back in the Canadian forum. I think the consensus was that if he was simply walking around his home naked...no biggie. Case dismissed. But if he was making a point of showing his willy around...well...a suspended sentence seems right to me. No fine...so it's basically just a mark on his record, in case he does it again.

they were talking about it on a radio station about a month or so ago. Apparently, he was making coffee in his kitchen. Don't know if that is true or not but if it is, than he should not be punished. It is his home, whether or not he chooses to wear clothes in his own house is none of anyone's business.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

When I stand naked in the door or window, all the women on the street line up in front of the house to gawk. It is so embarrassing to see them panting with lust.

[Wyatt's Torch 45]

they were talking about it on a radio station about a month or so ago. Apparently, he was making coffee in his kitchen. Don't know if that is true or not but if it is, than he should not be punished. It is his home, whether or not he chooses to wear clothes in his own house is none of anyone's business.

Oh, I completely agree. If he was just standing there, making coffee in the buck, that's one thing.

If, as is alleged, he was in the doorway then in the window, making himself visible...that's another thing entirely.

I bet the judge felt he needed to cover all possibilities, which is why there was no fine and only a suspended sentence. That way there is a punitive measure in case there WAS a misdeed on the naked man's part, but nothing tangible other than a mark on his record. Some might argue that the mark on his record is far too harsh, but I don't think there's much the judge could do when there was the element of doubt involved about the man either "just standing there" or "making himself visible".

It's definitely a fine line though.

[Richard90027 1]

A Virginia man has been convicted of indecent exposure after prosecutors said he stood naked inside his house as a 7-year-old boy and his mother walked by.

The mother and child allegedly observed the defendant, 29-year-old Erick Williamson, first through a doorway and again through a window that had no drapes, MyFoxDC reported.

Williamson, the father of a 5-year-old, argued in court Friday that he should be free to go au naturel inside his home. But a judge agreed with prosecutors who argued Williamson's actions showed he intended to make himself visible to the pair as they walked to school along a path outside his home in October.

Williamson's arrest received national attention and spurred debate about whether someone should be subject to arrest for exposure from inside his own home.

He received only a suspended jail sentence and no fine, but still intends to appeal.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580563...test=latestnews

Why were the mother and child looking in his window? Isn't there peeping tom laws

[ScottThuy 140]

was this the same guy that said he was up early making coffee and didnt know anyone was out there?

[Peikko 1,575]

This is an example of American 'freedome'?