Court Opinion

ID: 9679672
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 07:02:14.236608+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:17:17.978252
License: Public Domain

WELLIVER, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent.
I find no evidence that non-consenting adults or children were involved in these cases. Under Mo. Const, art. I, § 8, I would hold that our constitution is broader than the U.S. Constitution and that as to consenting adults the freedom of speech is absolute, and § 573.010, RSMo 1978, is unconstitutional in its application. In cases involving children and non-consenting adults, I would follow the reasoning of Pope v. Illinois, 481 U.S. 497, 107 S.Ct. 1918, 95 L.Ed.2d 439 (1987), and Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, 93 S.Ct. 2607, 37 L.Ed.2d 419 (1973), in construing our constitution.