People v. De Renzy

This case concerns the legality of the seizure of two reels of allegedly obscene motion picture film, pursuant to the instructions of a search warrant. The pictorial content of each reel differed from the other. At the time of the seizure, their owner, defendant and appellant de Renzy, was arrested on a warrant and charged with possession of the film “with intent to . . . exhibit” the same. (Pen. Code, § 311.2.) A special proceeding taken under Penal Code section 1538.5 in the municipal court for return of the film resulted unfavorably to de Renzy who appealed the decision to the superior…