# State v. Modeen

> Ohio Supreme Court · December 24, 1986 · 28 Ohio St. 3d 64

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6759572

## Case

- **Full name:** The State of Ohio v. Modeen
- **Court:** Ohio Supreme Court
- **Decided:** December 24, 1986
- **Citations:** 28 Ohio St. 3d 64; 28 Ohio B. 164; 502 N.E.2d 634; 1986 Ohio LEXIS 794
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Brown, Celebrezze, Douglas, Holmes, Locher, Sweeney, Wright
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

*65 The 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?”
Based 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.

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