Legal Opinion
Ballew v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 9, 1974No. SC 480PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
The appellant operated an “Adults Only” book store in Mobile. As a result of a sale of a magazine entitled “Penelope, Issue No. 1” he was indicted for selling hard-core pornography. His trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, the jury imposing a fine of $500.00. The court imposed an additional punishment of hard labor for Mobile County for one year.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment without an opinion. The appellant duly petitioned this court for a writ of certiorari, and we granted the writ.
The indictment against this defendant reads:
“The GRAND JURY of said…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Frank v. MangumSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- Clark v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- ABC Interstate Theatres, Inc. v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1976
- Ex Parte GurganusSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
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