The First Court of Appeals in Houston will be hearing oral argument February 13th in the case of State v. Mora. This is the State’s appeal from a trial court judgment holding section 21.16(b) of the Texas Penal Code (Unlawful Disclosure or Promotion of Intimate Visual Material) unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
The State’s scattered brief:
[pdf-embedder url=”https://blog.bennettandbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BRF-STA-FLD-110717.pdf” title=”BRF STA FLD 110717″]Mr. Mora’s elegant brief:
[pdf-embedder url=”https://blog.bennettandbennett.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BRF-APE-FLD-011018.pdf” title=”BRF APE FLD 011018″]We argued this issue last month before the Waco Court of Appeals ((I’ll throw those briefs up in a separate post.)) but that argument was not recorded for posterity. This one will be.