Legal Opinion
State v. Keaton
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 1996No. Nos. CA95-09-021 CA95-09-022PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Powell, Judge.
Defendants-appellants, Midwest Pride IV, Inc. (“Midwest”) and James Keaton, appeal from their convictions for pandering obscenity in violation of R.C. 2907.32.
On August 20, 1993, an undercover agent of the Fayette County Sheriffs Department entered the Lion’s Den Adult Bookstore in Jeffersonville, Ohio and purchased two sexually oriented videotapes entitled “Carolyn Monroe X-posed” and “Climactic Scenes Number 28.” The agent turned the videotapes over to the Fayette County Sheriffs Office.
On October 4, 1993, the Fayette County Grand Jury indicted Midwest, the owner of the Lion’s…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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3Cited by3 opinions
- State v. Midwest Pride IV, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1998
- State v. Dute, Unpublished Decision (5-30-2003)Ohio Court of Appeals · 2003
- State v. Millville Video, Inc., Unpublished Decision (9-18-2000)Ohio Court of Appeals · 2000