Legal Opinion
State v. Tavone
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided September 20, 1984No. 82-62-C.APublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY, Justice.
This is an appeal by the defendant, John J. Tavone, from a Superior Court conviction on one count of knowingly promoting for commercial gain an obscene motion picture in violation of G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-31-1. The defendant was indicted by a Kent County Grand Jury and charged with three separate counts of violating § 11-31-1. Pretrial motions commenced on December 3, 1981. The trial began on December 4, 1981, before a justice of the Superior Court and a jury. On December 11, 1981, the jury found the defendant guilty on count 1 of the indictment.
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