Legal Opinion

State v. Alinas

Utah Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 2007No. 20051000PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILKINS, Associate Chief Justice:

{1 Defendant Lexis Alinas appeals from convictions of seven counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a second degree felony, in violation of Utah Code section 76-~5a-8. Ali-nas seeks reversal by raising several issues: (1) whether the jury instructions used language which condemned constitutionally protected speech; (2) whether the introduction of adult pornography, possessed by Alinas at the time of his arrest, was improperly introduced and considered by the jury; (8) whether the State failed to prove that the child exhibits depicted real children under the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. New York v. FerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Ashcroft v. Free Speech CoalitionSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  4. Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. United States v. KimlerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003

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