Carroll v. State

I am compelled to file this dissenting opinion because the majority opinion erroneously concludes that the State’s evidence that was presented in this cause is sufficient to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that prior to the sale of an obscene magazine to an undercover vice officer the appellant, Steven Wesley Carroll, knew the content and character of the magazine, i.e., that any rational trier of fact could find beyond a reasonable doubt that prior to the sale of the magazine in question the appellant had knowledge of the content and character of the magazine. The evidence that was…