Yates v. State

LAGARDE, Justice.

Violet Yates appeals her conviction by a jury for promotion of obscenity. The jury assessed punishment at confinement in the Dallas County Jail for one year and a five hundred dollar fine with both probated for 365 days. In four points of error, Yates asserts that: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction; (2) her conviction violated due process because she had insufficient notice that the objects seized from her work place were obscene; (3) the trial court abused its discretion in permitting the State to make a substantive amendment to the information on…