Legal Opinion

Rent v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided May 30, 1989No. 05-88-00739-CRPublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

Clayton Anthony Rent was convicted of promoting obscene material upon his plea of nolo contendere and sentenced to five days in jail and payment of a fine of $1,500. He raises three points of error, contending that the trial court erred in: 1) refusing to give him ten days after the information was amended to prepare and file written pleadings; 2) denying his motion to quash on the grounds that the information failed to allege the requisite mental state as well as the specific acts or omissions depicted which were obscene; and 3) refusing to declare the obscenity statute…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  5. Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Ward v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  2. Rent v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1992
  3. McHenry v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1992
  4. Bartley v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1990
  5. Collins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991

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