Copeland v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that evidence of defendant’s exposing his genitals and being visibly aroused in a woman’s backyard was sufficient to support conviction for indecent exposure
• holding that evidence of defendant's exposing his genitals and being visibly aroused in a woman's backyard was sufficient to support conviction for indecent exposure
• holding that evidence of defendant’s exposing his genitals and being visibly aroused in a woman’s backyard was sufficient to support conviction for indecent exposure
• holding that evidence of defendant's exposing his genitals and being visibly aroused in a woman's backyard was sufficient to support conviction for indecent exposure
• holding that defendant’s actions had the dominant purpose of an appeal to the prurient interest in sex where “[e]vidence [showed] that Copeland exposed his genitals, that he was visibly aroused, and that he was masturbating”
• “To be obscene, conduct must violate contemporary community standards of sexual candor.” (citing House v. Commonwealth, 169 S.E.2d 572, 576 (Va. 1969))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Moses v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2005-04-12· cited 22×
• Allman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-05-25· cited 13×
• Lofgren v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-11-03· cited 6×
• Moses v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-08-10· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Scott
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-10-23
• MAYORGA IPINA
  Board of Immigration Appeals· 2025-06-26
• James David Hazelwood v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2026-06-09

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hamling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-10-15· cited 2,897×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-07-21· cited 959×
• Barr v. Town & Country Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-09-21· cited 238×
• Freeman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 50×
• Hart v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-03-22· cited 33×
• House v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-09-05· cited 21×
• Dyke v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-11-24· cited 7×