Legal Opinion

Ford v. State

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided October 19, 1988No. 01-87-01126-CRPublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DUNN, Justice.

Pursuant to a plea bargain, appellant pleaded nolo contendere to a charge of selling obscene materials. The trial court found appellant guilty and sentenced her to three days confinement in the Harris County jail and a fine of $500.

We affirm.

In both her points of error, appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying her pretrial motion to quash. Appellant contends, in her first point of error, that “the statute” (presumably Texas Penal Code, chapter 43, subchapter B (the “Texas Obscenity Statute”) (Vernon 1988)) violated the first and fourteenth amendments of the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Pope v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Ex Parte GranvielCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Galitz v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
  5. Andrews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1983

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
  2. Handl v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1989

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