Legal Opinion
Ballew v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 9, 1974No. SC 480Published
1Opinion of the Court
296 So.2d 206 (1974)
In re Claude David BALLEW
v.
STATE of Alabama.
Ex parte Claude David Ballew.
SC 480.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
May 9, 1974.
Rehearing Denied June 6, 1974.
Ferris S. Ritchey, Birmingham, Robert Eugene Smith, D. Freeman Hutton, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., George M. Van Tassel, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., and Francis A. Poggi, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
HARWOOD, Justice.
The appellant operated an "Adults Only" book store in Mobile. As a result of a sale of a magazine entitled "Penelope, Issue No. 1" he was indicted for selling hard-core…
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