Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 2, 1973No. 27692PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jordan, Justice.
Billy Jenkins appeals his conviction and sentence for the offense of distributing obscene materials. The conviction is based on the fact that he exhibited the film Carnal Knowledge in a movie theater in Albany, Georgia.
The threshold question to be decided is whether or not the showing of the film Carnal Knowledge violates Code Ann. Ch. 26-21 prohibiting the distribution of obscene materials. The trial jury, under proper instructions from the court, has found the defendant guilty. After a review of the record and a viewing of the film by this court we affirm.
Code Ann. § 26-2101…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Evans Theatre Corporation v. SlatonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Gornto v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Slaton v. Paris Adult Theater ISupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Commonwealth v. HortonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Slaton v. Paris Adult TheatreSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
- Playmate Cinema, Inc. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- Court v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1974
- Walter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
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