GA 16-6-8 - GA 16-6-8

JUDICIAL DECISIONS Offense of lewdness at common law was indecency referable especially to sexual matters, and it included any gross indecency which was sufficiently open and notorious as to tend to corrupt the morals of the community. United States ex rel. Huguley v. Martin, 325 F. Supp. 489 (N.D. Ga. 1971). Motion to sever. - Defendant's motion to sever a public indecency charge from sexual battery charges was properly denied as there was sufficient evidence that the charges constituted a single scheme or plan to prey upon young victims and to satisfy the defendant's prurient desires since: (1) the sexual batteries and the public indecency all took place within a month's period of time and within a five-mile radius; (2) the three victims were between the ages of 20 and 29; (3) the defend...