Buck v. Steel

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

We granted a temporary writ of prohibition to the petitioner, Phil Buck, to prevent the Circuit Court of Pike County from proceeding further in his criminal case until we could examine his argument in depth. We find that the writ should not be made permanent.

In October of 1977, Buck was charged by information with violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 41-3578 and 41-3580 in that he knowingly exhibited an obscene film to members of the Glenwood High School football team.

Buck in his petition to us states that these statutes he was charged with violating were repealed by Act…