Legal Opinion

Holcombe v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided October 6, 1975No. CR 75-98PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

J. Fred Jones, Justice.

The appellants Dan W. Fortner and Sharon Lee Holcombe were convicted at a jury trial in the Pulaski County Circuit Court on information filed by the prosecuting attorney charging them with selling an obscene motion picture film in violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 41-2729 (Supp. 1973). The appellant Fortner was fined $2,000 and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary, and the appellant Holcombe was fined $2,000. The appellants rely on the following points for reversal:

“The court erred in refusing to grant defendants’ supplemental motion to dismiss.

The court erred in…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hagner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. United States v. DebrowSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Cochran & Sayre v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  5. Levy v. AlbrightSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Scherrer v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1988
  2. Dunlap v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  3. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1976
  4. Ashe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1997
  5. Nichols v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1983

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