As I was driving home I saw a sign on a new construction building that said "for rent" and had a phone number. The building was in Bellevue right off of 405 and had very large windows. And as I drove this was my train of thought,
I wonder if that is for residential or business?
Those are big windows.
If that is for residential then people could see you in your apartment from the road.
What if you were naked?!
and here is where my real question comes:
If you were naked in your own home and people could see you, could you be charged with indecent exposure?
I wonder if that is for residential or business?
Those are big windows.
If that is for residential then people could see you in your apartment from the road.
What if you were naked?!
and here is where my real question comes:
If you were naked in your own home and people could see you, could you be charged with indecent exposure?
7 comments:
I think if you're naked in your own home with the blinds wide open, you should be charged with indecent exposure . . . what if one of your neighbors stood in all their glory in their living room with the blinds open. Wouldn't you want the law to protect you from that sight?
I hope the 405 building architect planned for that event, and specified windows that you can see out of, but are mirror finish on the outside.
It depends who it is in the window. If it is a fat old man or fat old woman I would really want to be protected:) (No Dad and I won't give it a try
Um, do you often walk around the house naked? I sure hope not, since you live with your parents. Odd thought, wonder why you have such nudity on the brain.
Candice's idea of the mirrored windows is genius. I kind of think it would be an office building right off 405 though. Who wants to live right over the freeway?
Even if they were mirrored I would feel uncomfortable seeing people when I'm naked
In Washington State, the answer is yes - as long as you met the other requirements of the crime. RCW 9A.88.010 sets forth the elements of the crime of indecent exposure. It has to be intentional, open and obscene, and with knowledge that such conduct is likely to cause reasonable affront or alarm.
As to whether a person can commit this offense while inside his own house, through an open window, the Washington State Court of Appeals held in State v Chiles that, indeed, this could constitute indecent exposure. The facts were pretty much the same as the ones you described. The court concluded that "[e]xposure is in a public place if it occurs at a place open or exposed to the view of the public." State v. Chiles 53 Wash.App. 452, 456 (Wash.App.,1989).
lol, thank you Lawyer Keith :)
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