Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 9/17/2014

Thompson, Ex Parte Ronald

Citations

442 S.W.3d 325
2014 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 969
2014 WL 4627231

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holding that photographs and visual recordings, as well as the purposeful creation of them, are inherently expressive and are protected by the First Amendment
concluding that statute “discriminating on the basis of the sexual thought that underlies the creation of photographs 3 or visual recordings” discriminated “on the basis of content”
noting that the categories of speech that are exempt from First Amendment protection are limited and heeding Supreme Court’s admonition against creation of new categories
holding the Improper Photography or Visual Recording statute unconstitutionally overbroad in violation of the First Amendment
indicating that intent to threaten or intimidate “might help to eliminate First Amendment concerns”
observing that the \[g]overnment has greater leeway to regulate [speech] when a nonpublic forum is involved or when serious privacy interests are implicated\; First Amendment limits \are less rigorous when the speech involves matters of purely private concern\

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Judges: Keller, Price, Womack, Johnson, Keasler, Hervey, Cochran, Alcala, Meyers

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