Legal Opinion
Toro v. City of Norfolk
Court of Appeals of Virginia
Decided March 31, 1992No. Record Nos. 0229-90-1, 0230-90-1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COLEMAN, J.
HSJ Enterprises, Inc., trading as Videorama, and William B. Toro, Jr., its president (collectively referred to as Toro), were convicted in a jury trial on sixteen counts of selling or renting obscene videotapes in violation of the criminal code of the City of Norfolk. The misdemeanor convictions resulted in fines totalling $13,000. In this appeal, Toro challenges the trial court’s rulings excluding evidence he offered to defend against the allegations that the sex and nudity depicted in the videotapes was obscene, including: (1) a public opinion survey poll intended to…
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