CASTILLO v. STATE

No. 05-00-01522-CR.

79 S.W.3d 817 (2002)

Jesus A. CASTILLO, Jr., Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

July 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Shunatona, Law Offices of Paul R. Shunatona, Dallas, Roger W. Wilcox, Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria LLP, Buffalo, NY, for Appellant.

William T. (Bill) Hill, Jr., Appellate Section, Karen R. Wise, Assistant District Attorney, Dallas, for State.

Before Justices JAMES, FITZGERALD, and FRANCIS.


OPINION

Opinion By Justice FRANCIS.

A jury convicted Jesus A. Castillo, Jr. of misdemeanor obscenity for selling a sexually explicit comic book to an undercover Dallas police officer. In eight points of error, appellant complains (1) the evidence is legally and factually insufficient to support his conviction, (2) the comic book is not "constitutionally obscene," (3) the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence, and (4) he was denied his due process...

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