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Coble v. City of Birmingham

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 30, 1980PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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This appeal involves a violation of § 16-18, General Code of Birmingham. Appellant was fined $350.00 and sentenced to 180 days hard labor.

The City of Birmingham charged in a Complaint that Jimmy Coble, the appellant, knowingly and unlawfully "sold an obscene book or magazine or matter entitled . . . `Special No. 20' to D.S. Luker which depicted or portrayed the following sexual conduct: Actual act or acts of homosexuality between males, homosexuality between…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Giordenello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  4. Beecher v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  5. Whitt v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1979

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Henry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  2. M.S. News Co. v. CasadoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1983
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
  4. Chorzempa v. City of HuntsvilleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  5. Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986

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