Legal Opinion
Capri Adult Cinema v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 22, 1976PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARBISON, Justice.
Petitioners, together with a codefendant Earl L. Heath, were named in seven indictments, returned on February 21, 1973, charging them with violation of T.C.A. §§ 39-3003 et seq., a portion of the then obscenity laws of the state.
After plea bargaining, petitioners entered a plea of guilty to one of the indictments and expressly agreed for the trial court to fix the sentence. Sentence was imposed under this indictment, fixing separate fines upon the corporation and the individual petitioners. The latter also received a jail sentence, which was suspended.
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2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Roberts v. Roane CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1929
- United States v. Jack L. Lewis, United States of America v. James L. WillozCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- State Ex Rel. Lawrence County v. HobbsTennessee Supreme Court · 1952
- Ray v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1970
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. TurnerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- State v. CroweTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
- Parham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- Edwards v. AllenTennessee Supreme Court · 2007
- State v. McKissackCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
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