Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Tex. Penal Code 43.23(c)(1), which criminalizes the promotion of obscenity, does not require a defendant to have knowledge that what he promotes is legally obscene, merely that a defendant have knowledge of the material's sexually explicit character and content.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/20/2001
• Published 09/20/2001

Judges

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Maness, Houston, for Appellant., Karen R. Wise, Asst. DA, Dallas, for State.