4000 Asher, Inc. v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

In May, 1984, two members of the Little Rock police department’s vice squad entered a newly opened “adult” bookstore and bought a magazine, a paperback book, and a video cassette. When the officers examined their purchases, they considered them to be obscene. The officers then went to the prosecuting attorney’s office, where a deputy prosecutor issued a felony information charging the corporate owner of the bookstore and its manager with having possessed and promoted obscene materials. The officers obtained a warrant for the arrest of the manager, Clark.

A jury trial…