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Rives v. Commonwealth (ORDER)
No. 111492Supreme Court of Virginia
111492 Rives v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 06/07/2012 In considering an appeal from defendant's conviction for violating Code § 18.2-427 prohibiting the use of profane, threatening or indecent language over public a…
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111492 Rives v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 06/07/2012 In considering an appeal from defendant's conviction for violating Code § 18.2-42…
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111492 Rives v. Commonwealth (ORDER) 06/07/2012 In considering an appeal from defendant's conviction for violating Code § 18.2-427 prohibiting the use of profane, threatening or indecent language over public airways, based on a series of telephone messages defendant left for a woman with whom he had recently been involved in an adulterous affair, using angry, vulgar, and threatening language, the question whether language used in telephonic communications is obscene for purposes of Code § 18.2-427 and the test applied in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973) is immaterial in cases involving threats to commit illegal or immoral acts, where the threat is made with the intent to coerce, int…
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