Legal Opinion
Hoyle v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided April 6, 1983No. A14-81-664CRPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. CURTISS BROWN, Chief Justice.
Appeal is taken from a conviction for promotion of obscenity. The jury found Michael Wayne Hoyle (Hoyle or appellant) guilty as charged in the information. Punishment was assessed by the court at twenty days in jail and a $1,500.00 fine. Hoyle challenges the sufficiency of the charging instrument, the constitutionality of Tex.Penal Code Ann. §§ 43.21, 43.23 (Vernon Supp.1982-1983), and the adequacy of the court’s charge to the jury. We affirm.
Two Houston police vice officers entered the Adonis News Stand at 4009 Hollister, Houston, Harris County, Texas, on May…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Ferguson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1981
- Pinkus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. David Bush, Arthur Randall Sanders, Twa, Inc., and Richard Zane (True Name Atila Caliskn)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Arthur Randall Sanders, Jr., Gulf Coast News Agency, Inc., Trans World America, Inc., A/K/A Twa, Inc., and William WalterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Gholson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1991
- Hoyle v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984
- Regalado v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1994
- Drummond v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988
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