Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Zone Book, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 13, 1977Published
1Opinion of the Court
372 Mass. 366 (1977)
361 N.E.2d 1239
COMMONWEALTH
vs.
ZONE BOOK, INC.
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.
December 7, 1976.
April 13, 1977.
Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.
Daniel J. O'Connell for the defendant.
Kevin F. O'Donnell, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.
HENNESSEY, C.J.
The Commonwealth prosecuted the defendant on two complaints charging possession of obscene magazines with intent to distribute them in violation of G.L.c. 272, § 29. The defendant filed motions to dismiss the complaints, alleging that the matter possessed…
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