Legal Opinion

Van Sant v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 17, 1988No. 11A01-8711-CR-281PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RATLIFF, Chief Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Victoria Van Sant appeals from the Clay County Superior Court her conviction for Distribution or Exhibition of Obscene Matter, Indiana Code section 35-49-8-1. We affirm.

FACTS

On October 31, 1986, an adult bookstore opened in Clay County, northwest of the intersection of Interstate 70 and State Road 59. The bookstore was known as "BookaRama'". On November 1, 1986, Clay County Prosecutor Fritz Modesitt met with Clay County Sheriff Wayne Lucas and Deputies Doug Smiley and Michael Lank-ford. At this meeting the BookaRama bookstore was discussed. Sheriff…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Hamling v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Walter v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Pope v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Norton v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Helton v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1993
  3. Vaillancourt v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  4. Walker v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Gann v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990

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