Legal Opinion
Castillo v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
Decided July 2, 2002No. 05-00-01522-CRPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Opinion By
Justice FRANCIS.
A jury convicted Jesus A. Castillo, Jr. of misdemeanor obscenity for selling a sexually explicit comic book to an undercover Dallas police officer. In eight points of error, appellant complains (1) the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support his conviction, (2) the comic book is not “constitutionally obscene,” (3) the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence, and (4) he was denied his due process rights by the court reporter’s failure to record the punishment hearing. For the reasons set out below, we overrule all points of error and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- King v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2000
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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3Cited by12 opinions
- United States v. RagsdaleCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005
- Kesaria v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2004
- Varkonyi v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)2008
- Aragon v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)2007
- Castillo v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2002
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