Walker v. State

OPINION

DOUGLAS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for sale of an obscene book. After a jury verdict of guilty, punishment was assessed by the judge at thirty days in jail and a $1,000.00 fine.

A police officer dressed in civilian clothes went to the Eros Book Store in Houston and bought a book titled “Cum Together” from appellant. The jury found it to be obscene.

Appellant contends that the court erred in excluding evidence that another jury in another case found an accused not guilty. By formal bill of exception, it is shown that the proffered evidence was that Rodney Carl Rollins was…