http://libpub.dispatch.com/cgi-bin/documentv1?DBLIST=cd01&DOCNUM=38993 &TERMV=257:5:262:6:133266:5:133271:6: SEX DIARIST HAD GOOD COUNSEL, HIS FORMER LAWYER SAYS Friday, September 7, 2001 NEWS 01F By Tim Doulin Dispatch Staff Reporter Illustration: Photo If Brian Dalton hopes to have his conviction for pandering obscenity thrown out, his new attorneys will have to prove he received poor legal counsel. But the attorney who represented Dalton said that wasn't the case. "With all the facts that I know, I believe he was effectively represented,'' said Isabella Dixon, Dalton's original attorney. As part of a plea agreement, Dalton, 22, pleaded guilty on July 3 to creating a journal in which he describes in detail the torture and sexual molestation of children. Dalton said the writings were fictional and were never distributed to anyone. Still, Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Nodine Miller convicted him of pandering obscenity involving a minor and sentenced him to seven years in prison. The case shocked lawyers who specialize in First Amendment and obscenity law. [...] ~~~ FreeOhio- Defiant Defenders of Individual Liberty. http://www.pandar.com/freeohio/ Subscribe to FreeOhio for news and opinion about freedom in the Buckeye State. Subscribing is fast, easy and free. Simply send a message to freeohio-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ~~~