http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress Protecting Children and Their Neighborhoods Fri, 18 May 2012 17:30:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/03/29/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals-refuses-to-hear-ban-on-photographing-people-without-their-consent-for-sexual-purposes/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/03/29/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals-refuses-to-hear-ban-on-photographing-people-without-their-consent-for-sexual-purposes/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:11:46 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2680 Texas Penal Code § 21.15(b)(1) makes it a crime to photograph someone “without the person’s consent” and “with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.” . . . a Texas appellate court upheld the statute . . . Today, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to review . . . ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2012/03/29/texas-court-of-criminal-appeals-refuses-to-hear-ban-on-photographing-people-without-their-consent-for-sexual-purposes/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/08/26/texas-supreme-court-upholds-so-called-%e2%80%9cpole-tax%e2%80%9d/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/08/26/texas-supreme-court-upholds-so-called-%e2%80%9cpole-tax%e2%80%9d/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:38:47 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2607 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/08/26/texas-supreme-court-upholds-so-called-%e2%80%9cpole-tax%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/08/15/texas-court-of-appeals-upholds-el-paso-sob-ordinance/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/08/15/texas-court-of-appeals-upholds-el-paso-sob-ordinance/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:17:14 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2597 E.B.S. Enterprises v. City of El Paso, No. 8-10-00088-CV (Tx. Ct. App. Aug. 10, 2011) Appellants assert three arguments in contending that the trial court erred in granting the City’s motion for summary judgment. The first contests the relevancy of the City’s secondary effects evidence to enacting four provisions of the ordinance that apply to Appellants. The second complains that there was a genuine issue of material fact. And the third asserts that the ordinance is preempted by a State statute. We find no merit in any of the issues raised . . . ]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/08/15/texas-court-of-appeals-upholds-el-paso-sob-ordinance/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/02/28/5th-circuit-video-of-minor-in-tanning-salon-not-child-pornography/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/02/28/5th-circuit-video-of-minor-in-tanning-salon-not-child-pornography/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:32:59 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2540 United States of America v. Steven, No. 10-50114 (5th Cir. Feb. 25, 2011)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/02/28/5th-circuit-video-of-minor-in-tanning-salon-not-child-pornography/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/01/06/tx-airport-steaming-over-strip-club-neighbor/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/01/06/tx-airport-steaming-over-strip-club-neighbor/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:38:51 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2492 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/01/06/tx-airport-steaming-over-strip-club-neighbor/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/01/04/tx-strip-clubs-challenge-fort-worth-law-on-exterior-paint/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/01/04/tx-strip-clubs-challenge-fort-worth-law-on-exterior-paint/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:14:04 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2480 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2011/01/04/tx-strip-clubs-challenge-fort-worth-law-on-exterior-paint/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/11/04/5th-circuit-18-month-delay-does-not-render-child-porn-evidence-stale/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/11/04/5th-circuit-18-month-delay-does-not-render-child-porn-evidence-stale/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:56:41 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2467 United States v. David Allen, No. 09-50283 (5th Cir. Nov. 4, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/11/04/5th-circuit-18-month-delay-does-not-render-child-porn-evidence-stale/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/10/20/5th-circuit-recipient-of-child-pornography-can-challenge-sex-offender-label-prior-to-release-and-registration/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/10/20/5th-circuit-recipient-of-child-pornography-can-challenge-sex-offender-label-prior-to-release-and-registration/#comments Wed, 20 Oct 2010 20:04:56 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=2421 Pearson v. Holder, No. 09-10808 (5th Cir. Oct. 20, 2010)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/10/20/5th-circuit-recipient-of-child-pornography-can-challenge-sex-offender-label-prior-to-release-and-registration/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/01/06/law-review-should-texass-former-ban-on-obscene-device-promotion-pass-constitutional-muster-under-a-murky-lawrence/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/01/06/law-review-should-texass-former-ban-on-obscene-device-promotion-pass-constitutional-muster-under-a-murky-lawrence/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:43:03 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=1785 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2010/01/06/law-review-should-texass-former-ban-on-obscene-device-promotion-pass-constitutional-muster-under-a-murky-lawrence/feed/ 0 http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/12/22/5th-circuit-denial-of-restitution-to-child-porn-victim-was-not-indisputably-wrong-where-causation-was-in-question/ http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/12/22/5th-circuit-denial-of-restitution-to-child-porn-victim-was-not-indisputably-wrong-where-causation-was-in-question/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:51:26 +0000 admin http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/?p=1868 , No. 09-41238, 2009 WL 4928376 (5th Circ. Dec. 22, 2009)]]> http://www.communitydefense.org/wordpress/2009/12/22/5th-circuit-denial-of-restitution-to-child-porn-victim-was-not-indisputably-wrong-where-causation-was-in-question/feed/ 0