Legal Opinion
People v. Sequoia Books, Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 24, 1987No. 2—86—0563, 2—86—0577 consPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
Following separate jury trials, defendant, Sequoia Books, Inc., was found guilty of obscenity in two cases. Defendant was fined $1,000 plus costs and $924 plus costs, respectively. Defendant appeals from both convictions.
On August 9, 1985, Judge John L. Peterson issued a search warrant for the Denmark Bookstore in Aurora, Illinois, which was owned and operated by the defendant, to search for evidence of the offense of obscenity (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 38, par. 11 — 20) and to seize any “magazines containing depictions or portion thereof of the following: cunnilingus, fellatio, anal…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miller v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Brockett v. Spokane Arcades, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Pope v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Street v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Smith v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. TestinAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
- Van Sant v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1988
- People v. MorrisonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- People v. Sequoia Books, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- State v. BauerCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1988