Legal Opinion
State v. Watkins
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided August 9, 1972No. 19471PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Littlejohn, Justice:
Louis Watkins appeals his conviction of the crime of exhibiting obscenity, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1962) § 16-414.2. The conviction arose out of the showing of the motion picture “Anomalies” on two occasions at a theater in Darlington. This film, shown as an exhibit on this appeal, graphically depicts a variety of bizarre and “anomalous” acts of perverted sex behavior by naked men and women.
Watkins has asserted four broad issues upon which he seeks a reversal or new trial. Three of these concern matters which transpired in the lower court, and we deal with them…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jacobellis v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- A Book Named "John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure" v. Attorney General of MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ginzburg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Joytime Distributors & Amusement Co. v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
- State v. ThompsonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
- State v. TynerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1979
- State v. GilbertSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1981
- Hetherington v. McHALESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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