Loredo v. State

Yolanda Theresa Loredo, a waitress at the Cascades Club, was charged in county criminal court with serving drinks at a sexually oriented club that did not have a permit. This is a companion case to Dedonato v. State, 789 S.W.2d 321 (Tex.App.—Houston [1st Dist.], 1990 n.p.h.). I adopt my dissent from that case.

Appellant argues that the ordinance did not give her fair notice that she was subject to criminal liability for “operating a sexually oriented business” when she worked as a waitress at the Cascades Club. Appellant contends that an unsuspecting truck driver who delivers ice to the Club…