Legal Opinion
State v. Rice
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 15, 1989PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REID, Judge.
This case presents an appeal as of right from two convictions of possessing obscene matter with intent to distribute, T.C.A. § 39-6-1104.
The appellant, Adrian D. Rice, assigns for review the constitutionality of the Tennessee obscenity statute, the exclusion of certain evidence, jury instructions, argument of counsel and the sentence.
The record does not show reversible error.
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE STATUTE
The statutory definition of obscene, T.C.A. § 39-6-1101(5), is based on Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 93 S.Ct. 2607, 37 L.Ed.2d 419 (1973). State v. Summers, 692…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Pope v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Edwards v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1976
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. BrouwerCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001
- State v. BrouwerCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 2001