49 Va. App. 39 - Mason v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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27 state decisions

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1. “a picture, photograph, drawing, sculpture, motion picture film, digital image, including such material stored in a computer’s temporary Internet cache when three or more images or streaming videos are present, or similar visual representation which depicts sexual bestiality, a lewd exhibition of nudity, as nudity is defined in § 18.2-390, or sexual excitement, sexual conduct or sadomasochistic abuse, as also defined in § 18.2-390, or a book, magazine or pamphlet which contains such a visual representation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 56 Va. App. 725 - Chapman v. Commonwealth

2. “[s]elling, giv[ing] away, distribut[ing], display[ing] with lascivious intent, purchas[ing], or possess[ing] with intent ... sexually explicit visual material which utilizes or has as a subject a person less than eighteen years of age.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnson, Ronald v. Commonwealth