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· 12/9/1850

Bell v. the Commonwealth

Citations

  • 48 Va. 201

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  • “[E]ither the act of fondling the nine-year old’s breasts was a lewd molestation or it was no crime at all, because a non-lewd touching of a child by a parent cannot constitute a battery, absent evidence of physical injury or other factors not alleged or proven here.”

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Judges: ALLEN, <italic>J.</italic> delivered the opinion of the Court.

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