Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 1974No. 73-557PublishedCited by 395 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
Appellant was convicted in Georgia of the crime of distributing obscene material. His conviction, in March 1972, was for showing the film “Carnal Knowledge” in a movie theater in Albany, Georgia. The jury that found appellant guilty was instructed on obscenity pursuant to the Georgia statute, which defines obscene material in language similar to that of the definition of obscenity set forth in this Court's plurality opinion in Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U. S. 413, 418 (1966):
“Material is obscene if considered as a whole, applying community standards, its predominant appeal is to prurient…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Raley v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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