State v. Modeen

Ohio Supreme Court

Decided December 24, 1986

Ohio Supreme Court · decided 1986-12-24

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently February 1990

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““‘Does the First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit the state of Ohio from enacting a criminal statute which prohibits the private possession of child pornography?’ ””

quoted by 1 later decision, including Savery v. State

Relies on State v. Meadows

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1986-12-24

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¶1 *65The judgment in this cause (case Nos. 85AP-907 and 85AP-908) has been certified to this court as being in conflict with the judgment of the court in State v. Meadows (Dec. 18, 1985), Hamilton App. No. C-850091, unreported, on the following issue: “Does the First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibit the state of Ohio from enacting a criminal statute which prohibits the private possession of child pornography?”

¶2Based on State v. Meadows (1986), 28 Ohio St. 3d 43, the judgment of the court of appeals is affirmed.

Celebrezze, C.J., Locher, Holmes, C. Brown, Douglas and Wright, JJ., concur. Sweeney, J., not participating.