Legal Opinion
Wilhoit v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1971No. 5710PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAIR, Associate Judge.
Appellant, then the proprietor of what has been described as the “World’s Largest Adult Book Store,” sold to an undercover officer of the Metropolitan Police Department a book entitled “The Teeny Suckers.” 1 For this reason appellant was arrested and charged with a violation. D.C. Code 1967, § 22-2001 (Supp. III, 1970). 2 After trial without a jury, appellant was found guilty and sentenced to one year imprisonment and a fine of $3,000.
On this appeal the judgment of conviction is challenged on constitutional and other grounds but finding, after an examination of the…
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
- United States v. Thirty-Seven (37) PhotographsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. LaLONDESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- State v. HoelscherSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- Lakin v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1976
- State v. CarlsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1972
- People v. Mature Enterprises, Inc.Criminal Court of the City of New York · 1973
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