Legal Opinion

Smith v. Fair

District Court, N.D. Ohio

Decided August 8, 1973No. C 73-187PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION and ORDER

WALINSKI, District Judge.

This cause came to be heard on a petition for habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Petitioners Smith and Hatfield are the manager and projectionist, respectively, of a theatre in Lima, Ohio, which exhibits material of a sexually explicit nature. Smith was charged in an affidavit filed by Lawrence S. Huffman, Prosecuting Attorney of Allen County, Ohio, with exhibiting obscene material contrary to § 2905.35 of the Ohio Revised Code. That affidavit was filed May 8, 1973.

On that same date Gary R. Hermon, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, filed a…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  5. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Smith v. FairCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
  2. United States v. John Dohm and Robert RowenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  3. United States v. John Dohm and Robert RowenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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