Commonwealth v. Dane Entertainment Services, Inc.

Dane Entertainment Services, Inc. (Dane), was convicted by a jury of six of disseminating an obscene film, “Small Town Girls,” in violation of G. L. c. 272, § 29, as appearing in St. 1974, c. 430, § 9, and fined $5,000. The defendant contends that the trial judge should have disqualified himself because of his personal bias against the defendant and that the alleged bias infected the trial. The defendant also challenges certain evidentiary rulings, the charge to the jury, the judge’s denial of a motion to suppress, and the constitutionality of G. L. c. 272, §§ 29 and 31.

1. The judge’s failure…