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SOUTHWICK v. STATE

No. 01-85-00166-CR

701 S.W.2d 927 (1985)

Earl Kevan SOUTHWICK, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

November 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald E. Hopkins, Houston, for appellant.

John B. Holmes, Jr., Harris Co. Dist. Atty., Calvin A. Hartmann, Mike Tiffin, Harris Co. Asst. Dist. Attys., Houston, for appellee.

Before EVANS, C.J., and COHEN and LEVY, JJ.

OPINION

EVANS, Chief Justice.

A jury found the appellant guilty of the promotion of obscene devices in violation of Tex.Penal Code Ann. sec. 43.23 (Vernon Supp.1985) and assessed his punishment at 6 days confinement and a $750 fine. We affirm.

In August 1984, two Houston police officers entered a newsstand in southwest Houston. The police officers proceeded to the rear section of the newsstand, where sexually explicit material was sold. There, the...

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