Legal Opinion

Carlock v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 26, 1980No. 59451PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROBERTS, Judge.

On August 11, 1976, Jesus Baca, working in the capacity of an undercover police officer, entered the Denmark Bookstore in Dallas for the purpose of “making an obscenity case.” While inside the store, Officer Baca selected a magazine entitled “Candid,” went to the cashier’s counter and purchased the magazine from the appellant. After viewing the magazine’s contents with two other officers who had been waiting outside the Denmark, Officer Baca returned to the bookstore and arrested the appellant for the offense of commercial obscenity. A jury found the appellant guilty and…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Kaplan v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  4. Kaplan v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  5. Commonwealth v. TrainorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Burden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  2. Lunde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  3. Frank Bodzin v. City of Dallas, Alonzo Burgin, Steven Padgett, and Skaggs Companies, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  4. Moreno v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2003
  5. Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc.District Court, E.D. Texas · 1990

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