Texas sex toy obscenity charge dropped - GoFuckYourself.com

The Bootyologist · 07-20-2004, 11:08 AM

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DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) -- A Texas woman charged with violating obscenity laws for selling a sexual toy and explaining to her customer how to use it has had the case against her dismissed, court officials said on Monday.

Joanne Webb, a mother of three and a former schoolteacher in the town of Burleson near Forth Worth, was facing up to a year in jail after she sold a vibrator at a private party to two undercover police officers posing as a married couple.

The case received national attention because it touched off a debate on whether a person should be jailed for selling vibrators to adults.

Johnson County Attorney Bill Moore said in a statement that his office last week asked a judge to dismiss the case in order to prevent the county from wasting resources on it.

Texas law allows for the sale of sexual toys as long as they are billed as novelties. But when a person markets the items in a direct manner that shows how they are used in sex, it is considered criminal obscenity.

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DBX · 07-20-2004, 02:42 PM

This Texas anti-sextoy case should have been a landmark case, but ends up just being a "we don't have time for this" case. It's too bad that the law was not challenged and thrown out. This ruling only means that it will be visited in court another day...
Personally, we ship to Texas (unlike some of our competitors) and always have. We always expected to go to the mat some day over our decisions to ship anywhere within the United States - but nothing has ever happened.
I'm glad for the defendant - if you have never had to sit in court and let a jury decide if you committed an obscenity then you are lucky.
I've had the pleasure twice and I don't wish it on anyone - BUT, this is our business and no one is going to tell us we can't do it.

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07-20-2004, 11:08 AM	#1
The Bootyologist So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: m00dville Posts: 2,912	Texas sex toy obscenity charge dropped cnn DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) -- A Texas woman charged with violating obscenity laws for selling a sexual toy and explaining to her customer how to use it has had the case against her dismissed, court officials said on Monday. Joanne Webb, a mother of three and a former schoolteacher in the town of Burleson near Forth Worth, was facing up to a year in jail after she sold a vibrator at a private party to two undercover police officers posing as a married couple. The case received national attention because it touched off a debate on whether a person should be jailed for selling vibrators to adults. Johnson County Attorney Bill Moore said in a statement that his office last week asked a judge to dismiss the case in order to prevent the county from wasting resources on it. Texas law allows for the sale of sexual toys as long as they are billed as novelties. But when a person markets the items in a direct manner that shows how they are used in sex, it is considered criminal obscenity.

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DBX Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 38	This Texas anti-sextoy case should have been a landmark case, but ends up just being a "we don't have time for this" case. It's too bad that the law was not challenged and thrown out. This ruling only means that it will be visited in court another day... Personally, we ship to Texas (unlike some of our competitors) and always have. We always expected to go to the mat some day over our decisions to ship anywhere within the United States - but nothing has ever happened. I'm glad for the defendant - if you have never had to sit in court and let a jury decide if you committed an obscenity then you are lucky. I've had the pleasure twice and I don't wish it on anyone - BUT, this is our business and no one is going to tell us we can't do it. __________________ http://www.pecash.com 35% on Adult Product Sales for life.

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