Legal Opinion
Pate v. Municipal Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 29, 1970No. Civ. 1172PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GARGANO, J.
By complaint filed in the Municipal Court for the Modesto Judicial District, appellants were charged with knowingly having in their possession and exhibiting lewd and obscene motion pictures in violation of section 311.2 of the Penal Code, a misdemeanor. Appellants moved the court to suppress the evidence and exclude the press and public from the trial. The motions were denied. Appellants then petitioned the Superior Court of Stanislaus County for a writ of mandate to compel the municipal court to suppress the evidence and to exclude the press and public from the trial. The…
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3Cited by24 opinions
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