MacOn v. State

BISHOP, Judge.

On September 21, 1981, a Prince George’s County jury convicted the appellant, Baxter Macon, of violating Article 27, section 418 of the Maryland Annotated Code, which prohibits knowing distribution of obscene material. Fined $500.00 plus $75.00 court costs, appellant asks:

I. Were law enforcement officers required to obtain a judicial determination that there was probable cause to believe the matter distributed by appellant was obscene before they could seize it and arrest him?

II. Did the State fail to prove that appellant distributed obscene matter knowingly?

III. Does the First…