Ariz. strip club shooting leaves 2 dead, 2 wounded

“A man started shooting inside a strip club, killing two people and wounding two others, including a topless dancer, before patrons wrestled the gunman to the floor, police said Monday.”

December 28, 2010 | Comments Off  Tags: , , ,

AZ Court of Appeals: Downloading child porn constitutes “duplicating” rather than “receiving”

Arizona v. Windsor, No. 2 CA-CR 2009-0090, 2010 WL 1215064 (Ariz. App. Div. 2, March 30, 2010)

Remote downloading of child pornography constitutes “duplication” rather than “receiving.”

AZ: Pinal County places new limits on sexually oriented businesses

TriValley Central: “The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a zoning ordinance amendment on Jan. 20 that would change the designation of adult entertainment and adult service providers to adult-oriented businesses and would require a new zoning category that would limit where they may be located.”

January 26, 2010 | Comments Off  Tags: , , ,

Arizona Court of Appeals: Residents’ personal knowledge and experience adequately supported denial of SOB use permit

Treulich’s Plaza, LLC v. City of Phoenix, No. 1 CA-CV 09-0025, 2009 WL 4981478 (Ariz. App. Div. 1, Dec. 22, 2009)

9th Circuit: National community standard must be applied in regulating Internet obscenity

U.S. v. Kilbride, No. 07-10528 (9th Cir., Oct 28, 2009)

Bath photos and Wal-Mart: What is child pornography?

FindLaw: “An Arizona couple had to regain custody of their children after Wal-Mart employees and local authorities deemed their bath time photos child pornography. Their horror story has many wondering: what exactly constitutes child pornography?”

September 23, 2009 | Comments Off  Tags: , ,

1990-1997: National Law Center Summaries of “SOB Land Use” Studies

Crime Impact Studies by Municipal and State Governments on Harmful Secondary Effects of Sexually Oriented Businesses.

AZ Supreme Court remands hours of operation case in light of new “secondary effects” test

Arizona v. Stummer, No. CR-07-0429-PR, 2008 WL 4501937 (Ariz. October 9, 2008)

Arizona Supreme Court remands hours of operation case for futher fact-finding in light of a newly articulated “secondary effects” test.

Arizona Appellate Court holds that internet “cache” can establish “knowing possession” and “control” of child pornography

State of Arizona v. Michael Jensen, No. CR2004-020949-001 DT, 217 Ariz. 345 (Ariz. App. Div. 1, January 15, 2008)

Images automatically saved to a hard drive in the course of defendant’s search for child pornography were sufficient to sustain his conviction for “knowingly possessing” and “controlling” child pornography.

March 1998: Kansas City, Missouri Adult Use Study Parts 1-4

Adult Use Study: Part 1: Analysis of Ordinances of Twenty Other Local Governments, Part 2: Field Survey and Analysis of Businesses, Part 3: Results of Neighborhood Surveys, Part 4: Concluding Policy Analysis and Recommendations

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