Simpson v. Spice

DECISION and ORDER

MYRON L. GORDON, District Judge.

This is a petition for issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. On December 1, 1970, the petitioner, Errol Simpson, was convicted in a Wisconsin state court on three counts of selling obscene material in violation of § 944.21(1) (a), Wis. Stats. Mr. Simpson was sentenced to two concurrent indeterminate terms of not more than one year for selling magazines entitled “Flip Flop” (count one) and “Heads Up” (count two). In addition, a consecutive indeterminate term of not more than two years was imposed for the third count, which involved the sale of…