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Revenge-Porn Oral Argument
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:
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Mr. Mora’s elegant brief:
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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.
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