Legal Opinion
People v. Brown
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 18, 1975No. 73-108PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
On December 27, 1972, the State’s attorney filed a petition for adversary hearing against defendants; alleging that two films were being exhibited at the Cinematix 770 Theatre, managed by Richard Brown, and that such films violated section 11—20(a) of the Criminal Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 38, par. 11—20(a) (1).) The petition requested that the court set a date to view the films to determine whether their exhibition constituted probable cause for the offense of obscenity, enjoin the defendants from removing the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Roaden v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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