State v. Caudill

Bowman, Presiding Judge.

On December 8, 1989, an undercover Franklin County Sheriffs Deputy, Michael Spiert, entered the Disco Bookstore on Harrisburg Pike in Columbus and purchased a video movie entitled “Sensational Janine,” which graphically depicts various sexual acts presented in the context of the experiences of an early twentieth century London prostitute. The purchase resulted in the arrest of the store clerk, appellant Roberta L. Caudill, on one count of pandering obscenity in violation of R.C. 2907.32(A)(2). Appellant was convicted after a jury trial and given a suspended jail…