Legal Opinion

Porter v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 17, 1982No. 2-81-255-CRPublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

* See also Tyree v. State, 638 S.W.2d 245, Fort Worth Court of Appeals, August 18, 1982.

This appeal is from conviction of the commercialization of obscene films. V.T.C.A., Penal Code sec. 43.23.

Upon the trial court’s verdict of guilty, the trial judge assessed punishment at six months confinement in the county jail probated for one year and a $1,000.00 fine.

We affirm.

On November 6,1979, Officer L.W. Goodwin executed a search warrant at the Ell-west Theater in Fort Worth. Officer Goodwin observed appellant sitting behind the counter in the lobby where several stacks of…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  3. Leary v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Dombrowski v. EastlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Ely v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1979

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  2. Gholson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
  3. Tyree v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1982
  4. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983
  5. Gholson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984

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