Legal Opinion
State v. Sul
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 24, 1958PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The information, in four counts, charged that the defendant had violated § 8567 of the General Statutes 1 in that on four different days he “did have in his possession with intent to sell, offer and show certain booklets containing obscene and indecent language and also obscene and indecent pictures, against the peace and contrary to the form of the statute.” The defendant demurred, alleging that the statute violated constitutional guarantees of freedom of speech and of the press as those may be included among the liberties protected from state action by the fourteenth amendment to the…
2Cases cited46 opinions
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- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by99 opinions
- Breen v. PhelpsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Kellems v. BrownSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- State v. VilalastraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1965
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