The misdemeanor obscenity case against After Hours Video, its owner Rick Krial and store clerk Tinsley Embrey went to the jury this afternoon after closing arguments ended shortly before 1 p.m. EDT.
A statement by prosecutor Raymond Robertson in his opening argument in the obscenity case involving After Hours Video led defense lawyer Paul Cambria to call for a mistrial yesterday.
A motion to dismiss obscenity charges against a Staunton adult video store owner and one of his employees on constitutional grounds was denied at a hearing Wednesday morning in Staunton Circuit Court.
A June 17 trial date has been set in the case of After Hours Video owner Rick Krial and a store clerk who were indicted on multiple felony and misdemeanor counts of obscenity.
Circuit Judge Humes J. Franklin Jr. ruled this afternoon that 1st Amendment lawyer Paul Cambria Jr. can serve as co-counsel representing Rick Krial in his obscenity case, after the prosecution claimed last week that Cambria should be disqualified from the case.
Prosecutor Raymond C. Robertson has filed papers seeking to disqualify 1st Amendment attorney Paul J. Cambria Jr. and two of his associates as cocounsel to defend After Hours Video against obscenity charges that were filed Nov. 1.
