Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

how can a person be convicted of masturbating in public if the accused is scratching and covered with a towel and their hand is only partially under that towel and no one can see that persons hand on his penis


Asked on 5/05/10, 8:44 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Royce Bishop Mr. M & Save My Home

This is an admission that the crime was committed. There are crimes that have to be legally proven, but then there is public opinion. Public opinion says that if you are in public in a towel and you hand is underneath the towel then that is close enough. It cannot be a self-exam, if cannot be a game of checkers, it cannot be "washing up" and taking a bath. That is the only reasonable conclusion.

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Answered on 5/15/10, 6:31 pm


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