Legal Opinion
Yudkin v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 5, 1962No. [No. 300, September Term, 1961.]PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLIoeney, J.
Claiming that the book Tropic of Cancer, written by Henry Miller, is neither lewd, obscene nor indecent, the defendant-appellant (Samuel Yudkin) has appealed his conviction for selling a copy of it in violation of Code (1957), Art. 27, § 418.
On October 26, 1961, two members of the Montgomery County police force entered the bookstore of the defendant in Bethesda where several copies of the alleged obscene book were on display. The officers purchased a copy and after some conversation with the bookseller, left the store to swear out a warrant for his arrest. At the time of the arrest another…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- In Re HarrisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
- Harper v. HiggsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1961
- Herman L. Womack v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Zeitlin v. ArneberghCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963
- Simmons v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
- Sanza v. Maryland State Board of CensorsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- United States v. Herman L. Womack, United States of America v. Potomac News CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
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