A woman charged under the state's felony crimes against nature law pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of indecent exposure Thursday.
Keia Horton, 22, had initially planned to challenge the constitutionality of the law, which prohibits certain types of sex between consenting adults. She said she decided to plead to the lesser charge to avoid the possibility of a felony conviction. . . .
[H]orton was charged on Jan. 29 by a police officer who found her in a parked car on Constance Drive receiving oral sex from a man. She and 29-year-old Kenneth Lars were both charged with a felony under the statute for crimes against nature. The statute says people can't have oral or anal sex, whether homosexual or heterosexual, but the law doesn't specify whether the sex is illegal in public or in private.
Lars pleaded guilty to indecent exposure at a preliminary hearing in March. But Horton, who was offered a plea agreement at that time, wanted to fight the law. Her lawyer, David Lee, planned to argue that the charge is unconstitutional because the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a Texas case that states can't pass laws that restrict the private sex lives of consenting adults.
Details here from the Hampton Roads, VA Daily Press. (via How Appealing)