TCA 39-17-904
Destruction of material upon conviction
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What does this charge mean?
Once someone is convicted of an obscenity offense and that conviction is final (all appeals are done), a court can order any obscene material in the possession of the district attorney or police to be destroyed.
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Upon the conviction of the accused, the court may, when the conviction becomes final, order any matter of advertisement, in respect whereof the accused stands convicted, and that remains in the possession or under the control of the district attorney general or any law enforcement agency to be destroyed, and the court may cause to be destroyed any such material in its possession or under its control.
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TCA Section39-17-904