Opinion ID: 1058979
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Heading: Lascivious Intent

Text: Viney was indicted for violation of Code § 18.2-370(A)(1), which states: Any person eighteen years of age or over, who, with lascivious intent, shall knowingly and intentionally... [e]xpose his or her sexual or genital parts to any child to whom such person is not legally married shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony. The term lascivious is not defined in the statute. However, we defined it in McKeon v. Commonwealth, 211 Va. 24, 175 S.E.2d 282 (1970), as a state of mind that is eager for sexual indulgence, desirous of inciting to lust or of inciting sexual desire and appetite. Id. at 27, 175 S.E.2d at 284. We enumerated evidence that may prove lascivious intent as follows: (1) that the defendant was sexually aroused; (2) that the defendant made gestures toward himself or to the child; (3) that the defendant made improper remarks to the child; or (4) that the defendant asked the child to do something wrong. Id., 211 Va. at 27, 175 S.E.2d at 284; see also Campbell v. Commonwealth, 227 Va. 196, 200, 313 S.E.2d 402, 404 (1984). The four factors identified in McKeon are set forth in the disjunctive. This means that proof of any one factor can be sufficient to uphold a conviction under the statute. Campbell, 227 Va. at 200, 313 S.E.2d at 404. McKeon involved a conviction under former Code § 18.1-214. [] Campbell involved a conviction under the current statute at issue in this case, Code § 18.2-370.