Legal Opinion
State v. Roufa
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 24, 1961No. 45431PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLIN, Justice.
Maurice L. Roufa was charged by bill of information with a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:106(2), the Louisiana Obscenity Statute. 1 The trial court sustained a Motion to Quash filed by the defendant; from that judgment, the State of Louisiana has appealed.
Paragraph Two of the Louisiana Obscenity Statute recites:
“Obscenity is the intentional:
“Production, sale, exhibition, possession with intention to display, exhibit, or sell, or the advertisement of, any obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or sexually indecent print, picture, motion picture, written composition, model, instrument,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Smith v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Delta Book Distributors, Inc. v. CronvichDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1969
- State v. Shreveport News Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
- State v. BarnesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1971
- State v. RamosSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
- State v. HenrySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1967
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