Legal Opinion
Kaplan v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided May 10, 1971No. 5452PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge.
Appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction for presenting an obscene film 1 entered after a trial by the court without a jury. Prior to trial, the court upon an affidavit by a police officer had issued a search warrant for a film of some 12 minutes running time contained in a “peepshow” machine located in an “arcade” in downtown Washington. On the day after the warrant was executed and the machine and its reel seized, the court offered to hold a hearing on the validity of the issuance of the warrant, but appellant declined the offer.
At trial, the Government…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Perez v. LedesmaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- A Quantity of Copies of Books v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. Edward A. Wild, Jr. And Louis CorradoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Herman L. Womack v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Vernon Walker Huffman v. United States, Dennis Eugene Pryba v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Wilhoit v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- United States v. Thomas E. GowerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Lakin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
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