No. 20-5220

Gerald Lee Groomes v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2020-07-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: child-nudity child-pornography constitutional-rights criminal-statute first-amendment lewd-exhibition overbreadth protected-expression protected-speech vagueness
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a state's unreasonable application of a criminal statute prohibiting the possession of images depicting a 'lewd exhibition' of child nudity in a manner that infringes on a substantial amount of protected expression violate the First Amendment?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Does a state’s unreasonable application of a criminal statute prohibiting the possession of images depicting a “lewd exhibition” of child nudity in a manner that infringes on a substantial amount of protected expression violate the First Amendment? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-09-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-28
Waiver of right of respondent State of Arkansas to respond filed.
2020-04-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 31, 2020)

Attorneys

Gerald Lee Groomes
Benjamin Eric MotalLaw Office of Ben Motal, Petitioner
Benjamin Eric MotalLaw Office of Ben Motal, Petitioner
State of Arkansas
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent
Michael Anthony CantrellOffice of the Arkansas Attorney General, Respondent