Legal Opinion
Lacour v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided January 5, 2000No. 1911-98PublishedCited by 199 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · McCORMICKMcCORMICK, P. J.
MANSFIELD, KELLER, PRICE, HOLLAND, WOMACK and KEASLER, JJ., joined.
The Court of Appeals overturned on legal sufficiency grounds a jury’s verdict convicting appellant of disorderly conduct as defined in Section 42.01(a)(12) of the Texas Penal Code which makes it a crime for a person to be naked in a “public place” if that person “is reckless about whether another may be present who will be offended or alarmed by his act.” The evidence shows that appellant and about 100 other nudists were naked on a public beach. The complainant was offended by this public nakedness when he took his…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Lacour v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)1998
4Cited by199 opinions
- Rickels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2006
- Escamilla v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2004
- In Re Commitment of Mullens, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2002
- Nickerson v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2002
- Clark v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)2001
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