Legal Opinion
United States v. Brown
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 9, 1971No. Crim. A. 111-70-NPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND JUDGMENT ORDER
KELLAM, District Judge.
On July 14, 1970, the grand jury returned a one-count indictment charging Robert Brown with a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1462. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Brown knowingly used the Railway Express Agency for transporting copies of two obscene books in interstate commerce from New York to Norfolk, Virginia. At his arraignment on October 26, 1970, Brown entered a plea of not guilty. On February 9, 1971, Brown waived a jury trial and moved to dismiss the indictment, claiming that 18 U.S.C. § 1462 is unconstitutional. By an Order dated…
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