Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided January 11, 1978No. [No. 66, September Term, 1977.]PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtOrth, J.
Murphy, C. J., and Levine, J., dissent and Murphy, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion in which Levine, J., concurs at page 609 infra.
We hold that §§ 417 (2) and 418 of Maryland’s Obscene Matter Act, Maryland Code (1957, 1976 Repl. Vol.) Art. 27, are unconstitutional on the ground that these sections violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
John W. Wheeler was convicted by a jury in the Criminal Court of Baltimore of distributing an obscene magazine in violation of § 418 of the Obscene Matter statute. He was punished by a fine of $500 and ordered to pay the costs. The…
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