State v. Simmer

BILLINGS, Chief Justice.

Defendant Greg Simmer was tried and convicted of promoting obscenity in the sec*373ond degree and sentenced to 90 days in jail. He questions the constitutionality of the statute under which he was prosecuted and the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict. Affirmed.

Officer Jon Hubbard of the Joplin Police Department went to the Main Street News Store in Joplin on January 8, 1988, to purchase magazines as part of an undercover operation. The store contained approximately 1500 magazines wrapped in clear plastic cellophane. Officer Hubbard selected two…