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Travels in the Land of "Harmless Error": Hide your dildos, the Court of Criminal Appeals is in session

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals earned coverage and some criticism lately from several corners of the blogosphere. Let's round up the highlights:Robert Guest informs us that, at least for the moment, apparently, vibrators and dildos are illegal to sell in Texas, again, at least in the jurisdicition of the 13th Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi - this despite a Fifth Circuit ruling in February overturnings the CCA's rulings on the subject and declaring the law unconstitutional. Wrote Guest:The federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an injunction in February declaring 43.23 unconstitutional. However, the Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi held that a federal court injunction is not binding on State courts. That is, until our state's highest criminal court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, rules that 43...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 07, 2008 (boomark / email).