William Andrews, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas reversed the conviction in part and affirmed it in part, holding that the jury charge improperly assumed the magazine was obscene and patently offensive, that the failure to define "prurient interest" was not reversible error, that the statutory definition of "patently offensive" using "decency" is constitutionally valid, and that the magazine "Swedish Erotica No. 25" is constitutionally obscene. The case was remanded for further proceedings.