43 Va. App. 565 - Moses v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “a firearm in a threatening manner during the commission of certain felonies, is inapt for two reasons. First, the Virginia cases construing the firearms statute to hold a weapon was displayed to a victim through a sense other than actual sight involved the sense of touch. See, e.g., Cromite v. Commonwealth, 3 Va.App. 64, 67-68 , 348 S.E.2d 38, 40 (1986) (involving a robber who approached the victim with his hand in his pocket and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 45 Va. App. 357 - Moses v. Commonwealth

2. “Every person who intentionally makes an obscene display or exposure of his person, or the private parts thereof, in any public place, or in any place where others are present, or procures another to so expose himself, shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. No person shall be deemed to be in violation of this section for breastfeeding a child in any public place or any place where others are present.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 45 Va. App. 357 - Moses v. Commonwealth

3. “and exposing white underpants did not violate indecent exposure statute but might amount to disorderly conduct). If any gaps exist in the types of behavior the various statutes proscribe, it is the job of the legislature, not the courts, to fill those gaps. See, e.g., United States v. Statler, 121 F.Supp.2d 925 , 927 & n. 6 (E.D.Va.2000) (holding”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 45 Va. App. 357 - Moses v. Commonwealth