Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Felton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 8, 1988No. 86-847PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This Court granted certiorari in this case to review the following question: Does a person have a constitutional right to possess child pornography in the privacy of his own home?
Petitioner, Robert E. Felton, was indicted for possession of child pornography. Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-12-192(b). Based upon his plea of guilty — that he did knowingly possess a film entitled "Teen Foreign," admittedly obscene matter as described in § 13A-12-192(b) — Felton was sentenced to imprisonment for six years.
Petitioner appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals and that Court affirmed. Felton v. State, 526…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- New York v. FerberSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gutter v. Dow Jones, Inc.Ohio Supreme Court · 1986
- State v. MeadowsOhio Supreme Court · 1986
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Osborne v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- State v. FarmerWashington Supreme Court · 1991
- Brackins v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1990
- Perry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
- State v. EhliCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2003
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