Legal Opinion
Fishman v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 14, 1973No. 47385PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Judge.
In passing on the obscenity issue, a statement of criteria is in order. First, we construe Code Ann. § 26-2101 (b) to be substantially in the language of and to express the meaning of the term as defined in Roth v. United States, 354 U. S. 476, 491-492 (77 SC 1304, 1 LE2d 1498). Further, understand Code Ann. § 26-2101 (c) to apply the standards enunciated in Ginzberg v. United States, 383 U. S. 463 (86 SC 942, 16 LE2d 31); that is, in a close case where there is a valid argument of the existence of some slight social value of a literary, historical, artistic or technical nature, a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- 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
- Redrup v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Dewitt Truck Brokers, Inc. v. W. Ray Flemming Fruit Company and W. Ray FlemmingCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- Favors v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Parham v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
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